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
Agua Cerca (3); Aguililla; Arteaga (8); Apatzingán (7);
Barranca de Herradero; Buenavista (20); Capirio (2);
Charapendo (3); Chupio; Coahuayana (2); Coalcomán (169);
Copuyo (4); El Sabino (8); Jacona; Jiquilpan (12); La Orilla
(2); La Playa (2); Lago de Cuitzeo (27); Las Higuertas;
Lombardia (3); Los Reyes (5); Morelia; Ojos de Agua de San
Telmo; San Pedro Naranjestila; Tacícuaro.
Excepting Lago de Pátzcuaro, _Kinosternon integrum_ occupies all
permanent and temporary ponds, lakes, and streams below 2200 meters
throughout the state. At Coalcomán the species was in roadside ditches,
small puddles, flooded fields, a hyacinth-choked ox-bow of the Río
Coalcomán, as well as in the Río Coalcomán and its tributaries.
Specimens from Arteaga and Barranca de Herradero were found in clear
rocky streams; the one from Las Higuertas was found in a small muddy
pond in pine-oak forest.
On August 26, 1960, James R. Dixon found a copulating pair in a pool at
Capirio. The large series from Coalcomán contains juveniles and adults;
these turtles formed the basis for the study of relative growth of
plastral scutes in this species by Mosimann (1956).
~Geoemyda rubida perixantha~ Mosimann and Rabb
_Geoemyda rubida perixantha_ Mosimann and Rabb, Occ. Pap.
Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 548:1, November 9, 1953.--Eight
kilometers south of Tecomán, Colima, México.
Apatzingán (2); Coahuayana; La Placita; Punta San Juan de
Lima.
These specimens have been discussed in detail by Mosimann and Rabb
(1953). All are from the arid tropical scrub forest; those from the
coastal regions were collected at elevations of less than 40 meters, and
those from the Tepalcatepec Valley were collected at an elevation of 335
meters.
Crocodilia
~Crocodylus acutus acutus~ Cuvier
_Crocodylus acutus_ Cuvier, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
10:55, 1807.--Santo Domingo.
_Crocodylus acutus acutus_, Müller and Hellmich,
Ibero-Amerik. Stud., 13:128, 1940.
Boca de Apiza (2); Playa Azul (2).
The crocodile or "caiman" is abundant in the brackish lagoons along the
cost of Michoacán; three large adults and several juveniles were
observed at Estero Pichi at Playa Azul; others were seen at Mexiquillo
and Maruata. Residents of the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Basin frequently have
reported "caimanes" in the Río Balsas and Río Tepalcatepec, but the
existence of the crocodile in these rivers has not been verified by
specimens.
Sauria
~Phyllodactylus duellmani~ Dixon
_Phyllodactylus duellmani_ Dixon, Southwest Nat., 5:37,
April 15, 1960.--Rancho El Espinal, Michoacán, México.
Fourteen km. SSW of Apatzingán; Capirio; Cafradía (3); El
Espinal (3).
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