FIRST RECORD OF THE MEXICAN CAECILIAN, Dermophis mexicanus (DERMOPHIIDAE), IN COSTA RICA
This note provides the first record of the Mexican caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) in Costa Rica. The known distribution of this species covered from southeastern Mexico to central Nicaragua. The morphological and genetic review of an individual found in Cóbano, Puntarenas, on the Nicoya Peninsula c...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/829 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/829 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Dermophis mexicanus, Península de Nicoya, distribución, Bosque Seco Tropical, biodiversidad. Dermophis mexicanus, Nicoya Peninsula, distribution, Tropical Dry Forest, biodiversity. |
| Resumo: | This note provides the first record of the Mexican caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) in Costa Rica. The known distribution of this species covered from southeastern Mexico to central Nicaragua. The morphological and genetic review of an individual found in Cóbano, Puntarenas, on the Nicoya Peninsula confirms its presence in Costa Rica and increases the distribution of the species 260 km to the south. |
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