Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states

By

Lemos Espinal, Julio Alberto
Smith, Geoffrey
Gadsden-Esparza, Hector
Valdez-Lares, Rosaura
Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

748

Pages

65-87

Subjects

Checklist , Chihuahuan Desert , Conservation status , herpetofauna , shared species , Sierra Madre Occidental

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.748.22768

 

Abstract

A summary of the species of amphibians and reptiles of Durango, as well as their geographic distributions, habitat, and conservation status have been compiled. The herpetofauna of Durango consists of 36 species of amphibians and 120 species of reptiles. Durango shares the most species with Chihuahua (74.0%), and shares fewer species with Sinaloa (48.0%), Nayarit (48.7%), and Coahuila (48.0%). Arid-semiarid and Sierras habitat types have the most species, with valleys and Quebradas habitat types having fewer species. In Durango, there are several taxa of particular conservation concern including eleutherodactylid frogs, eublepharid, iguanid, phrynosomatid, and xantusid lizards, boid, colubrid, and natricid snakes, and emydid and testudinid turtles.