The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status

By

Lemos Espinal, Julio Alberto
Smith, Geoffrey
Pierce, Leland Justin Stanford
Painter, Charles W. (Charles Wilson), 1949-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

927

Pages

99--125

Subjects

Checklist , Crocodilians , Frogs , herpetofauna , Lizards , Salamanders , Snakes , Turtles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.927.50064

 

Abstract

Colima is the fourth smallest Mexican state, covering only 0.3% of the surface area of Mexico, but due to the remarkable diversity of physiographic and environmental conditions present in Colima it contains a high biological diversity. We generated an up-to-date herpetofaunal checklist for Colima, with a summary of the conservation status of Colima’s amphibians and reptiles. Our checklist contains a total of 153 species of amphibians and reptiles (three introduced). Thirty-nine are amphibians and 114 are reptiles. More than half of Colima’s herpetofauna are Mexican endemics (66.7% of amphibians, 67.5% of reptiles). Less than 25% of the amphibian and reptile species in Colima are in protected categories according to the IUCN Red List and SEMARNAT. The reptiles in the Marine and Revillagigedo Archipelago regions are the most threatened taxa of the Colima herpetofauna. Colima shares > 80% of its herpetofauna with its neighboring states, Jalisco and Michoacán.