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
This species is known only from the Tepalcatepec Valley, where it has
been found in open arid situations from 180 to 500 meters. Specimens
were found in the daytime in stumps, dead cacti, and the hollow branches
of the legume, _Apoplanesia paniculata_. In life adults were pale gray
or grayish tan above and creamy white below. A juvenile having a
snout-vent length of 18 mm. had a pale orange tail with gray
cross-bands. In the adults the tail was colored like the body. The
specimen from 14 kilometers south-southwest of Apatzingán (KU 29764) and
those from Cofradía (BMNH 1914.1.28.28-30) were not listed by Dixon
(1960).
~Phyllodactylus homolepidurus~ Smith
_Phyllodactylus homolepidurus_ Smith, Univ. Kansas Sci.
Bull., 22:121, November 15, 1935.--Five miles southwest of
Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
El Ticuiz (2); La Placita; Ostula (2); Pómaro; San Pedro
Naranjestila.
These specimens have been referred to _Phyllodactylus homolepidurus_ by
James R. Dixon (_in litt._), who is currently studying the American
members of the genus. Geckos of this species have been found in tropical
semi-deciduous forest in the coastal lowlands to elevations of 500
meters. Most specimens were found beneath the bark of standing dead
trees or stumps. Two individuals from El Ticuiz (UMMZ 115102) in life
were dark gray above with brownish tubercles; the belly was a dusty
cream-color. Apparently this species does not enter the Tepalcatepec
Valley, where _Phyllodactylus lanei_ is abundant.
~Phyllodactylus lanei~ Smith
_Phyllodactylus lanei_ Smith, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
22:125, November 15, 1935.--Tierra Colorado, Guerrero,
México.
Apatzingán (13); 21 km. S of Arteaga: El Sabino (53); La
Playa; Ostula (2); Río Marquez, 10 km. S of Lombardia (8);
16 km. N of Tafetán.
This widespread species has been taken at elevations of less than 1100
meters in the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Basin, where it occurs in riparian
situations in the foothills. Specimens have been collected in tropical
semi-deciduous forest at Ostula and in oak forest south of Arteaga; both
of these localities are on the Pacific slopes of the Sierra de
Coalcomán, a region inhabited by _Phyllodactylus homolepidurus_. Both
species have been collected at Ostula.
A juvenile from 21 kilometers south of Arteaga (UMMZ 118933) had
alternating black and white bands on the tail. In life most of the
lizards are dull ashy gray or grayish tan above and white below.
According to Dixon (_in litt._), one specimen from Apatzingán (UMMZ
115102) resembles _Phyllodactylus magnus_ in scutellation, but it lacks
the distinctive yellow venter of that species.
Apparently _Phyllodactylus lanei_ is restricted to rather mesic
environments in the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Valley and surrounding
foothills; in the more open arid environments on the floor of the valley
it seems to be replaced by _Phyllodactylus duellmani_.
~Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus~ Dixon
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