Adult, 500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
DOR Adults, 500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
Venter of DOR Adult, 500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
MEXICAN CAECILIAN
Dermophis mexicanus – Dumeril & Bibron 1841
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Habitat, 500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
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In June, 2005 I encountered many Dermophis mexicanus on a rainy night while driving a rural highway east of Tapanatepec on the Oaxaca/Chiapas border. Unfortunately traffic was heavy that evening and all individuals seen were DOR. Other common species seen this evening were Bufo marmoreus, Bufo marinus, Hyla robertmertensi, Scinax staufferi, Loxocemus bicolor, and Leptodeira annulata cussiliris.
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