Mexico Herpetology » Un-Identified

Sceloporus sp. “Mazatlan”

triprion — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:44:10 +0000

Adult, Sea Level, Sinaloa, Mexico

Venter of above individual

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Sceloporus sp. – “horridus albiventris”?

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Kinosternon sp. “Chihuahua”

triprion — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:23:27 +0000

Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

Carapace of Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

Plastron of Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

MUD TURTLE
Kinosternon sp. –

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Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Maiz”

triprion — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:00 +0000

Adult Male, 5,000′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Venter of adult male

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Sceloporus sp. “La Joya”

triprion — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:48:31 +0000

Juvenile, 7,300′, Veracruz, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Imantodes gemmistratus ssp.

triprion — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:02:43 +0000

Adult, 200′, Near Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Adult, High Elevation of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

BLUNT-HEADED TREE SNAKE
Imantodes gemmistratus – Cope 1861
Imantodes gemmistratus ssp. –

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Sceloporus sp. “Cerro San Felipe”

triprion — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:09:32 +0000

Adult Female, 7,000′, Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico

“CERRO SAN FELIPE” SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus formosus (?)

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Microhabitat, 7,000′, Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Cerro Baul”

triprion — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:02:30 +0000

Adult Male, Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

Adult Female, Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

Venter of Adult Female

“CERRO BAUL” SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus sp. – (siniferus ssp?)

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Clear-Cut Habitat in Cloud Forest on Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Queretaro”

triprion — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:56:37 +0000

Adult (?) Male, 3,000′, Queretaro, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Cloud Forest Transition Habitat, 3,000′, Queretaro, Mexico

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Ctenosaura sp. “Oaxaca”

triprion — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:43:59 +0000

Juvenile, 100′, Highway 200, Oaxaca, Mexico

Ctenosaura sp. –

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Tomodactylus sp. “SMDS”

triprion — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:15:29 +0000

Adult, Highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

Tomodactylus sp. – (nitidus or dilatus)

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I found this frog at a single site in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
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High elevation oak forest of the Sierra Madre del Sur.
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See “Personal Notes”.
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Although not yet identified, this frog is clearly allied to T. nitidus.
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In July, 2005 I happened upon this frog in the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur of the state of Oaxaca, south of the city by the same name. At dusk they began calling from small trees and dense tangles of vegetation associated with those trees. The hillside was heavily grazed and littered with small limestone rocks. Unlike T. nitidus we found north of Oaxaca City, these frogs were extremely wary and more difficult to locate. Other species found on this hillside (or in the immediate vicinity) were Incilius occidentalis, Leptotyphlops goudotti and Imantodes gemmistratus.
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