The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
On August 28, 1960, J. R. Dixon obtained a series of this species from a
temporary pond 6 kilometers northeast of La Resolana, Jalisco.
Previously, _Hyla microcephala sartori_ had been known only from the
lowlands of Guerrero and Oaxaca. The existence of the species in Jalisco
provides evidence that this frog also occurs in Michoacán and Colima.
~Gastrophryne usta usta~ (Cope)
_Engystoma ustum_ Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,
18:131, 1866.--Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
_Gastrophryne usta usta_, Carvalho, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool.
Univ. Michigan, 555:13, July 16, 1954.
Smith and Taylor (1948:93-4) listed specimens of this species from
Organos and El Treinta, Guerrero, and from Paso del Río, Quesería,
Santiago, and Tecomán, Colima. The species occurs from Sinaloa and
central Veracruz southward at low elevations to the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec and thence along the Pacific lowlands into Central America.
Almost certainly it occurs on the coastal lowlands in Michoacán. Since
the amphibian fauna of the Tepalcatepec Valley has been better sampled
than that of the coast, I suspect that if _Gastrophryne_ occurred in the
Tepalcatepec Valley, I would have found it there.
~Lepidochelys olivacea~ (Eschscholtz)
_Chelonia olivacea_ Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, pt. 1, p. 2,
1829.--Manila Bay, Philippine Islands.
_Lepidochelys olivacea_, Girard, United States Exploring
Expedition..., vol. 20, Herpetology, p. 435, 1858.
According to Smith and Taylor (1950b: 15), this sea turtle is known from
the entire Pacific coast of México; these authors reported the species
from Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, and Sonora. Although the only
sea turtle that I observed in Michoacán is _Chelonia mydas_, others
probably do use the sheltered beaches for nesting. The scanty records of
sea turtles along the Pacific coast of México indicate that _Chelonia
mydas_ and _Lepidochelys olivacea_ are the most abundant species in that
region. There are scattered records of _Dermochelys coriacea_, _Caretta
caretta_, and _Eretmochelys imbricata_ along the Pacific coast. The
occurrence of any of these along the coast of Michoacán is probable.
~Geoemyda pulcherrima pulcherrima~ (Gray)
_Emys pulcherrima_ Gray, Catalogue of the Shield Reptiles in
British Museum, vol. 1, p. 25.--México. Type locality
restricted to Presidio de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, by
Smith and Taylor (1950b:30).
_Geoemyda pulcherrima pulcherrima_, Wettstein, Sitzb. Akad.
Wiss. Wien, 143:18, 1934.
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