학술논문
A premontane hotspot for herpetological endemism on the windward side of Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Honduras.
Document Type
Article
Author
Townsend, Josiah H.; Wilson, Larry David; Medina-Flores, Melissa; Aguilar-Urbina, Efraín; Atkinson, Benjamin K.; Cerrato-Mendoza, César A.; Contreras-Castro, Arnaldo; Gray, Levi N.; Herrera-B., Luis A.; Luque-Montes, Ileana R.; Mckewy-Mejìa, Mayron; Portillo-Avilez, Alionso; Stubbs, Alexander L.; Austin, James D.
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Subject
*HERPETOLOGICAL surveys
*ENDEMIC animals
*SNAKES
*LIZARDS
*HERPETOLOGY methods
*VERTEBRATE surveys
*AMPHIBIAN surveys
*REPTILE surveys
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ISSN
0036-3375
Abstract
The article reports on the herpetological endemism on the windward side of Refugio de Vida Silvestre (RVS) Texiguat in Honduras. It notes that Herpetofaunal inventory has about 2,320 person-hours of sampling on the windward side of RVS documented the presence of 47 herpetofaunal species including 21 snakes, 12 lizards and 11 anurans. It mentions that herpetofaunal research and conservation examination in the country have concentrated on two areas Cordillera nombre de Dios and Parque Nacional Pico Bonito.