THE REPTILES OF SINALOA: NEW MUNICIPAL RECORDS AND LIST OF RARE SPECIES

The state of Sinaloa in Mexico is a region with little field work in the study of herpetofauna. Here we present four new municipal records of Coniophanes lateritius, Mastigodryas cliftoni, Salvadora deserticola and Tantilla yaquia for the municipality of Cosalá. In addition, we provide a list of rar...

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Autores: Aguirre Zazueta, Mauro, Jacobo González, José David, Castro Bastidas, Héctor Alexis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/634
Acceso en línea:https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/634
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ampliación de distribución
Colubridae
conservación de reptiles
Dipsadidae
Diversidad
herpetofauna
Conservation of reptiles
diversity
Expansion of distribution
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Sumario:The state of Sinaloa in Mexico is a region with little field work in the study of herpetofauna. Here we present four new municipal records of Coniophanes lateritius, Mastigodryas cliftoni, Salvadora deserticola and Tantilla yaquia for the municipality of Cosalá. In addition, we provide a list of rare species with no records for more than 50 years in Sinaloa. Of the 122 species of reptiles registered in Sinaloa, 19 (15%) require verification of their presence in the state to clarify their conservation status. To be successful in searching for these species, field effort alone is not enough, therefore, we suggest that field work should be appropriately directed in consideration of the species' geographic range or historical search of localities, preferences of habitat, reproductive phenological dynamics or unexplored sites with similar habitats that can potentially support populations of the species.