Significant distribution extension and first verified record of Chiapan Beaded Lizard, Heloderma alvarezi (Bogert & Martin del Campo, 1956) (Squamata, Helodermatidae), in southeastern Guerrero, Mexico

By

García Grajales, Jesús
Ventura Carmona, Alejandro
Casiano González, César
Muñoz, César Ulises
Buenrostro Silva, Alejandra

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-9-8

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1231--1236

Subjects

Extent distribution , Helodermatidae , melanism , southern Guerrero , tropical dry forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1231

 

Abstract

We document the first verifiable records of Heloderma alvarezi (Bogert & del Campo, 1956) in southeastern Guerrero, Mexico. We recorded seven individuals of H. alvarezi near the village of Cihuapoloya, municipality of Cuautepec. These are the westernmost records of the species, extending its distribution by approximately 149 km from the nearest previously known occurrences in Oaxaca. With these records, the number of reptile species in Guerrero increases to 182.