Noteworthy Records of Amphibians and Rep
Noteworthy Records of Amphibians and Rep
2003,
of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 150 years ago. News. Bull., Inter. Soc. Hist. 2004, 2005; Canseco-Márquez and Gutiérrez-Mayén 2006; García-
Bibliog. Herpetol. 4:19–30. Vázquez et al. 2006; Solano-Zavaleta et al. 2006) and descriptions
________
, AND R. B. SMITH. 1976. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico,
of new species (Canseco-Márquez et al. 2002; Canseco-Márquez
Vol. III: Source Analysis and Index for Mexican Reptiles. John Johnson,
and Smith 2004; Parra-Olea et al. 2004), the number of amphib-
North Bennington, Vermont.
________
, AND E. H. TAYLOR. 1950. An annotated checklist and keys to the ians and reptiles known to occur within the state has increased
reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Smithson. Inst., U.S. Nat. significantly. There continue to be mostly unexplored regions in
Mus. Bull.199:1–253. Puebla, one of which was, until recently, the Sierra Negra located
________
, AND ________. 1966. Herpetology of Mexico, Annotated Checklist and in the southeastern portion of the state.
Keys to the Amphibians and Reptiles. Reprint of U.S. Nat. Mus. Bulls. During 2006 and 2007 we conducted field trips to the Sierra
187, 194, 199. Eric Lundberg, Ashton, Maryland. Negra and verified 18 new records for Puebla (9 amphibians and
STEBBINS, R. C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 9 reptiles) and confirmed 16 other noteworthy distributional ac-
3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 533 pp.
counts (5 amphibians and 11 reptiles). Collections were made by
SUTTON, G. M. 1972. At a Bend in a Mexican River. Paul S. Eriksson, Inc.
the authors, all verified by Alberto Mendoza Hernández, and all
Publisher, New York, New York. 184 pp.
TAYLOR, E. H. 1953. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of San Luis vouchers were deposited in the collection of Museo de Zoología,
Potosí. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 35:1587–1614. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM (MZFC). All locality coordinates
WAKE, D. B., AND J. F. LYNCH. 1976. The distribution, ecology and evolu- were taken with a Garmin GPS unit, using map datum WGS84.
tionary history of plethodontid salamanders in tropical America. Nat. Distances between localities are airline measures. Common and
Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. Sci. Bull. 25:1–65. scientific names, unless more recently revised, follow those found
WALKER, J. M., J. E. CORDES, F. MENDOZA-QUIJANO, AND E. HERNANDEZ- in Liner and Casas-Andreu (2008). Species listed are arranged in
GARCIA. 1996. Implications of extraordinary variation in the little striped alphabetical order by their family names. Vegetation classification
whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird (Sauria: Teiidae) in
follows Rzedowski (1978).
Chihuahua, Mexico. J. Herpetol. 30:271–275.
WILSON, L. D., AND J. R. MEYER. 1985. The Snakes of Honduras, 2nd ed.
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 150 pp. New State Records
WRIGHT J. W. 1968. Variation in three sympatric sibling species of whiptail Anura
lizards, genus Cnemidophorus. J. Herpetol. 1:1–20.
Incilius valliceps (Southern Gulf Coast Toad). Municipality of
________
. 1994. The North American deserts and species diversity in the
lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus. In P. R. Brown and J. W. Wright Eloxochitlán: 2 km SW of La Pedrera (18.4856ºN, 96.857ºW),
(eds.), Herpetology of the North American Deserts: Proceedings of 123 m elev. 26 July 2006. MZFC 20499-50. Along Rancho Nuevo-
a Symposium, pp. 255–271. Southwest. Herpetol. Soc. Spec. Publ. Tepeyac Road (18.487ºN, 96.866ºW), 125 m elev. 27 July 2006.
No. 5. MZFC 20520. Municipality of Tlacotepec de Díaz: Tlacotepec de
________
, AND C. H. LOWE. 1993. Synopsis of the subspecies of the little Díaz (18.4058ºN, 96.845ºW), 255 m elev. 29 June 2007. MZFC
striped whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird. J. Arizona- 21958–59. These records fill gaps between localities in adjacent
Nevada Acad. Sci. 27:129–157. Oaxaca and Veracruz (Mendelson 1998). All vouchers, except
MZFC 20520, were found in water pools either in solitary or as
Herpetological Review, 2009, 40(4), 467–470.
amplexing pairs. All localities contained tropical semideciduous
© 2009 by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles forest.
Noteworthy Records of Amphibians and Reptiles Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Fleischmann’s Glass Frog).
Municipality of Eloxochitlán: Tepequezquiapan (18.4862°N,
from Puebla, México 96.916°W), 1041 m elev. 27 June 2007. MZFC 20529, 21948–50.
These records extend the known range about 78 km NW from
URI OMAR GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ1*
LUIS CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ1 localities in northern Oaxaca (Lips et al. 2004). All frogs were
JOSÉ LUIS AGUILAR-LÓPEZ2 found calling while sitting on leaves in cloud forest.
ISRAEL SOLANO-ZAVALETA1
and Eleutherodactylus leprus (Leprus Chirping Frog). Municipality of
ROLANDO JONATHAN MACEDA-CRUZ3 Zoquitlán: along El Tepeyac-Tlacotepec de Díaz Road (18.4443°N,
1
Laboratorio de Herpetología, Facultad de Ciencias 96.857°W), 91 m elev. 26 July 2006. MZFC 20507. A range exten-
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-399, C.P. 04510 sion of ca. 74 km SE of Coyame, Veracruz, filling a gap between
México, D.F., México localities in central Veracruz and northern Oaxaca (Lynch 1970).
2
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal The frog was found calling from a tree branch in tropical evergreen
Instituto de Ecología A.C. Km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351 forest.
Col El haya C.P. 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Agalychnis callidryas (Red-eyed Leaf Frog). Municipality of
Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias,
3
Tlacotepec de Díaz: along El Tepeyac-Tlacotepec de Díaz Road
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 04510, México, D.F., México (18.4247ºN, 96.851ºW), 115 m elev. 26 July 2006. MZFC 20501,
*Corresponding author; email: [email protected] 20508, 20516. This locality represents a range extension of about
131 km WNW of Los Mangos, Playa Escondida, in Central Ve-
Until recently, the diversity and distribution patterns of the her- racruz (Duellman 2001). All frogs were males found calling from
petofauna within the state of Puebla, México, were not well known branches of bushes located near a pond surrounded by tropical
(Canseco-Márquez et al. 2000). However, with the discovery of semideciduous forest.