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
_Lacerta obricularis_ Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12,
1:1062, 1789.--México (by inference). Type locality
restricted to México, Districto Federal, by Smith and Taylor
(1950b:97).
_Phrynosoma orbiculare orbiculare_, Smith, Trans. Kansas
Acad. Sci., 37:290, 1934.
Gadow (1905:213) inferred that _Phrynosoma orbiculare_ occurred at
elevations of more than 3000 feet in Michoacán. There are no specimens
of this species known from Gadow's collections made in Michoacán. Smith
and Taylor (1950b:98) apparently accepted Gadow's statement and recorded
the species from Michoacán: "above 3000 feet (Jorullo?)." Reeve
(1952:940) somehow misconstrued this statement to read "Jorullo, above
Zumpango (Smith and Taylor, 1950b)." Reeve did not indicate on his map
(1952:939) that the species occurred in Michoacán. In the most recent
review of the species (Horowitz, 1955), no localities are given in
Michoacán. Since _Phrynosoma orbiculare_ is known from central Jalisco,
Guanajuato, Queretaro, and México, its presence at least in northeastern
Michoacán is to be expected, although at the present time there are no
specimens known from the state.
~Eumeces brevirostris~ (Günther)
_Mabouia brevirostris_ Günther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p.
316, August, 1860.--Oaxaca. Type locality restricted to
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, by Smith and Taylor (1950b:168).
_Eumeces brevirostris_, Bocourt, Mission scientifique au
Mexique et dans l'Amerique Céntrale. Reptiles, livr. 6, p.
439, 1879.
Smith and Taylor (1950b:168) Listed this species: "_Michoacán_: No
specific record." I am unaware of any specimen of this skink from the
state. As presently recognized, this species contains two subspecies.
One of these occurs in the mountains of Oaxaca northward into central
Veracruz; the other, _Eumeces brevirostris bilineatus_, occurs in
Durango southward to Jalisco, where it inhabits the Sierra Madre
Occidental. Possibly the species occurs in the Sierra de los Tarascos in
Michoacán.
~Eumeces callicephalus~ Bocourt
_Eumeces callacephalus_ Bocourt, Mission scientifique au
Mexique et dans l'Amerique Céntrale. Reptiles, livr. 6, p.
431, 1879.--Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México.
Dugés (1896) in a paper in which he listed several species of _Eumeces_
in México, reported _Eumeces callicephalus_ from Michoacán, but he gave
no specific locality within the state. Michoacán was included in the
range of the species by Taylor (1936:298) and by Smith and Taylor
(1950b:164). The species definitely is known from southeastern Arizona
southward to Guanajuato. It may occur in Michoacán, but, since there are
three rather widespread species of _Eumeces_ inhabiting the Mexican
Plateau and associated mountain ranges in the northern and northeastern
part of Michoacán, interspecific competition might be a reason for the
absence of _Eumeces callicephalus_ there.
~Leptodeira septentrionalis polysticta~ Günther
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