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Notable Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from
Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Zacatecas, México
We conducted herpetofaunal field surveys in the western
Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Zacatecas from
21 June 2008 through 7 October 2012. Our efforts were focused
on areas where little or no previous sampling had been done.
During that time we visited seven different areas, including lower
elevations of Volcán de Colima (Colima); the Tepalcatepec Valley,
Sierra del Alo, Sierra de los Huicholes, Sierra Quila and Sierra del
Tigre (Jalisco); Mesa del Nayar and Sierra Pajaritos (Nayarit); and
near Santa Catarina (Zacatecas). All geographic coordinates were
taken with a Garmin Etrex Legend Hcx, using datum WGS84.
Photographic vouchers were deposited in the digital collection of
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTADC). In some instances,
more than one specimen was found at different localities within
a municipality. Those are identified in the species accounts
with UTADC numbers; full locality information for them can be
acquired from records in The University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA) collections database. Because some of the species are
under phylogenetic review, we will mention in those accounts
which geographic population variant (e.g., subspecies) our
samples would have been referred to in previous literature; some
of those populations will most likely be elevated to full species
in the near future. All specimens were verified by Eric N. Smith
and/or Luis Canseco-Marquez. Common names in English were
taken from Liner and Casas-Andreu (2008).
CAUDATA — SALAMANDERS
AMBYSTOMA ROSACEUM (Tarahumara Salamander). JALISCO:
Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes, 29 km NW of
Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (21.897844°N, 103.860368°W),
2440 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo and M. A.
Iñiguez. UTADC 7518, 7575. First record for Jalisco; the closest
known locality for this species is ca. 60 airline km WSW in the
Sierra de Alica, Nayarit (Canseco-Márquez et al. 2007). The
salamander was found in a permanent stream in pine-oak
IVÁN TRINIDAD AHUMADA-CARRILLO*
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias,
Carretera a Nogales Km. 15.5. Las Agujas, Nextipac,
Zapopan, Jalisco, México; e-mail: [email protected]
NADIA PÉREZ RIVERA
Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Escuela de Biología, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, Tuxtla Gutiérrez,
Chiapas, México; e-mail: [email protected]
JACOBO REYES-VELASCO
Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, Texas 76019, USA; e-mail: [email protected]
CHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD*
Chapalajara Real Estate, Ajijic Plaza #1, Ajijic, Jalisco, México;
e-mail: [email protected]
JASON M. JONES
16310 Avenida Florencia, Poway, California 92064, USA;
e-mail: [email protected]
*Corresponding author
forest. Shaffer et al. (2013) state that it occurs in Jalisco, but do
not reference any specific locality. The geographic population
variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was
A. r. nigrum.
PSEUDOEURYCEA BELLI (Bell’s False Brook Salamander).
JALISCO: Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes,
29 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla (21.897917°N,
103.860525°W), 2445 m elev. 14 September 2011. I. AhumadaCarrillo. UTADC 7632. First municipality record and an extension
of its known range ca. 75 km W from the closest known locality,
0.8 km N of Mesa de la Virgen, Sierra Morones, Zacatecas (Wilson
and McCraine 1979). The salamander was found in pineoak forest. Another sample of this species (UTADC 7503) was
recorded from an additional locality within the municipality; full
locality information can be assessed from the UTA collections
database. The geographic population variant the specimen
would have been referred to in the past was P. b. belli.
ANURA — FROGS
CRAUGASTOR AUGUSTI (Barking Frog). JALISCO: Municipality
of Mezquitic: Sierra de los Huicholes, 85.5 km NW of Bolaños on
road to Huejuquilla (22.305712°N, 103.931551°W), 2150 m elev.
14 September 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7515. First
municipality record, extending the known range in Jalisco ca. 61
km NW from the closest known locality at La Laguna (= Laguna
Grande) (Zweifel 1956). The frog was found under a rock in oak
forest. Two additional samples were recorded from localities
within the municipality (UTADC 7495, 7497); full locality
information can be accessed from UTA collections database. The
geographic population variant the specimen would have been
referred to in the past was C. a. cactorum.
ELEUTHERODACTYLUS NIVICOLIMAE (Nevado de Colima
Chirping Frog). JALISCO: Municipality of Tecalitlán: 16 km SE
of Tecalitlán on road to Jilotlán de los Dolores (19.448328°N,
103.226213°W), 1635 m elev. 25 July 2011. C. Grünwald and I.
Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7635. Municipality of Concepcion
de Buenos Aires: 1.2 km E (by trail) of 5.5 km S (by road) of La
Manzanilla de la Paz, on road to Concepcion de Buenos Aires
(19.965875°N, 103.194664°W), 2115 m elev. 21 August 2010. I.
Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7633, 7634. Only the fourth and fifth
reported records for this species, and first municipality records
that extend the range in Jalisco, respectively, 33 airline km SE of
El Floripondio, Nevado de Colima, Municipality of San Gabriel
(Lynch 1970) and 37 airline km NW of 21 km SE of Mazamitla,
Municipality of Quitupan (Reyes-Velasco et al. 2012). Both
specimens were found calling on understory plants in Pineoak forest. While a black and white photograph was given in the
description of this species, the one included herein is the first
published color image of this species in the literature (Fig. 1).
INCILIUS PERPLEXUS (Confusing Toad). JALISCO: Municipality
of Jilotlán de los Dolores: 7.7 km NW of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán
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range 41 airline km WNW from Cerrito Pelón, Atolinga, Zacatecas
(Ahumada-Carrillo et al. 2011). The frog was found in an earthen
cattle tank surrounded by oak forest.
SMILISCA FODIENS (Lowland Burrowing Treefrog). JALISCO:
Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes, 13.8 km W of
Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.875403N, 103.819072°W),
1600 m elev. 20 June 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7619. First
municipality record that also fills a northern distributional gap
between localities in Nayarit (Duellman 2001) and Municipality
of Trinidad García de la Cadena, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo et
al. 2011).
SQUAMATA — LIZARDS
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPH I. GRÜNWALD
Fig. 1. Eleutherodactylus nivicolimae 16 km SE of Tecalitlán on road
to Jilotlán de los Dolores, Jalisco, México (UTADC 7635).
Fig. 2. Incilius perplexus from 7.7 km NW of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, México (UTADC 7509).
(19.251069°N, 102.866913°W), 498 m elev. 24 July 2011. C.
Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7509. First record
for Jalisco, extending the known range 53 airline km W of the
closest known locality at Apatzingán, Michoacán (Duellman
1961). The toad was found AOR in tropical deciduous forest.
Although this species appears to be widespread in the “Tierra
Caliente” region of Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, Estado
de México, Morelos, and Puebla, there exist no published
photographs of this species, thus we include one of the voucher
specimen (Fig. 2).
LEPTODACTYLUS FRAGILIS (Mexican White-lipped Frog).
JALISCO: Municipality of Pihuamo: 1.5 km S of Puente de Fatima
(19.132729°N, 103.386994°W), 430 m elev. 29 July 2012. C.
Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7622. First record
from Jalisco, which fills a gap in the known distribution of this
species between northeastern Colima and western Michoacán
(Heyer et al. 2006). The frog was found calling in a flooded field
surrounded by tropical deciduous forest.
LITHOBATES NEOVOLCANICUS (Transverse Volcanic Leopard
Frog). JALISCO: Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes,
13.5 km W of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.87503°N,
103.81775°W), 1580 m elev. 13 May 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo.
UTADC 7507. First record for the municipality, extending the
ELGARIA KINGII (Madrean Alligator Lizard). JALISCO:
Municipality of Mezquitic: Sierra de los Huicholes, 88.9 km NW of
Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (22.315394°N, 103.930005°W),
2075 m elev. 4 October 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7496.
First municipality record, and first for this species in the Sierra
de los Huicholes, extending the known range ca. 70 km NW
from Atolinga, Zacatecas (Ahumada-Carrillo 2010). The lizard
was found active on leaf litter in oak forest. The geographic
population variant this specimen would have been referred in
the past was E. k. ferruginea.
CTENOSAURA CLARKI (Michoacán Club Tail). JALISCO:
Municipality of Jilotlán de los Dolores: Corongoros (south shore of
Presa Constitución de Apatzingán), 10 km NNE of Tepalcatepec,
Michoacán (19.265664°N, 102.793933°W), 420 m elev. 24 July
2011. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7510, 7511.
First record from Jalisco; the closest known locality is 9.2 km SSW
at Tepalcatepec, Michoacán (Duellman 1961). Numerous other
individuals were observed within tropical deciduous forest in
hollowed-out tree trunks that were being used as fence posts.
HELODERMA HORRIDUM (Beaded Lizard). JALISCO:
Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes, 4 km W of
Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla (21.838889°N, 103.805111°W),
1095 m elev. 19 July 2011. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7494,
7523, 7524. First municipality record, extending the known
range ca. 95 airline km SW from the closest known locality, a dirt
road between San Juan Capistrano, Zacatecas, and San Rafael de
las Tablas, Durango (Avila-Villegas 2007). The lizard was found
DOR in tropical deciduous forest. Reiserer et al. (2013) elevated
all subspecies of H. horridum to full species, and discussed
the uselessness of using subspecies designations in modern
phylogenetic taxonomy. The geographic population variant
the specimen would have been referred to in the past was H. h.
horridum.
SCELOPORUS SHANNONORUM (Shannon’s Spiny Lizard).
ZACATECAS: Municipality of Valparaiso: 8 km NE of Santa Catarina
(22.211831°N, 103.872749°W), 2370 m elev. 14 September 2011. I.
Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7587. First record for Zacatecas; the
closest known locality is ca. 32 airline km S at Rancho la Berberia,
Jalisco (Smith et al. 2006). The lizard was found in pine forest.
SQUAMATA — SNAKES
ADELOPHIS COPEI (Cope’s Mountain Meadow Snake). JALISCO:
Municipality of Tecolotlán: Sierra de Quila, 5 km NW Quila el
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Grande (20.375999° N, 14.112879°W), 1876 m elev. 7 October
2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7623. First municipality
record that fills a large range gap in Jalisco between La Quemada
(Municipality of Magdalena) to the north and 8.7 miles (13.9 km)
E of Tapalpa (Municipality of Tapalpa) to the south. (Taylor 1942;
Rossman and Blaney 1968). The snake was found under a rock
near a permanent stream in an ecotone between oak forest and
grassland.
GEOPHIS DUGESI (Duge’s Earth Snake). JALISCO: Municipality
of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes, 29 km NW of Bolaños, on road
to Huejuquilla (21.898278°N, 103.859972°W), 2430 m elev. 21
June 2008.R. Mederoz, J. Padilla and I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC
7520, 7521. First record for the municipality, extending the range
126 airline km WNW from the closest known locality, on Sierra
del Laurel, Municipality of Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco (Rodriguez and
Vázquez 1994). The snake was found under a rock in pine-oak
forest. The geographic population variant the specimen would
have been referred to in the past was G. d. aquilonaris.
PHOTO BY JACOBO REYES VELASCO
GEOPHIS SIEBOLDI (Siebold’s Earth Snake). COLIMA:
Municipality of Villa de Alvarez: 7 km N of turn off to El Chivato,
on Chiapa–Montitlán road (19.393047°N, 103.672008°W), 1320
m elev. 11 July 2012. J. Reyes-Velasco. UTADC 7629, 7631. First
record for Colima, extending the known range of the species
18.5 km W from an unpublished record (KU 129232) at 19.8 km
S of Tecalitlán, Jalisco (KU 129232). The snake was found AOR at
night in a sugarcane field surrounded by secondary vegetation.
JALISCO: Municipality of Tecalitlán: 16 km SE of Tecalitlán on
road to Jilotlán de los Dolores (19.448328°N, 103.226213°W),
1635 m elev. 25 July 2012. C. Grünwald and I. Ahumada-Carrillo.
UTADC 7626–7628. First published record for this species in
Jalisco, which is located ca. 17 km E of an unpublished record
(KU 129232) from 19.8 km S of Tecalitlán, Jalisco. The snake was
found DOR in pine forest. The original holotype and syntypes of
this species were lost or destroyed during World War II (Downs
1957). Since the original description, this species is known from
only eight specimens, one from Coalcomán, Michoacán (UMMZ
104698), one from Amula, Guerrero (BMNH 90.4.24.12), the
aforementioned unpublished record from Jalisco (KU 129232),
and five specimens without specific locality data (Zoologisches
Museum, Berlin; ZMB 1555–1559). Aside from extending the
known range, our localities constitute the first recent records
Fig. 3. Geophis sieboldi from 7 km N of turnoff to El Chivato on Chiapa-Montitlán road. Colima, México (UTADC 7629, 7631).
for this species, and the photograph (Fig. 3) is the initial one to
appear in the literature.
LAMPROPELTIS MEXICANA (San Luis Potosí Kingsnake).
JALISCO: Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes,
El Astillero, 27 km NW of Bolaños on road to Huejuquilla
(21.888062°N, 103.855821°W), 2300 m elev. 22 June 2010. R.
Mederoz. UTADC 7519. First municipality record. Municipality of
Mezquitic: 2.2 airline km SE of Bajío las Gallinas (22.042667°N,
103.894444°W), 2446 m elev. 28 July 2011. J. Jones, I. AhumadaCarrillo, C. Grünwald, and J. Reyes-Velasco. UTADC 7501.
First municipality record. Both sites fill a distributional gap
for the species between locations west of Atolinga, Zacatecas
(Ahumada-Carrillo et al. 2011), and Mesa del Nayar–Santa Teresa
Hwy, Nayarit (Hansen et al. 2011). The first snake was found DOR
in pine-oak forest; the second one was crossing a paved road
at night in pine forest. Two additional samples (UTADC 7512,
7516) were recorded from localities within the Municipality of
Mezquitic; full locality information can be accessed from the
UTA collections database. The geographic population variant
that all mentioned specimens would have been referred to in the
past was L. m. greeri.
LEPTODEIRA SPLENDIDA (Splendid Cat-eyed Snake). JALISCO:
Municipality of Bolaños: Bolaños (21.83576°N, 103.777757°W),
892 m elev. 20 June 2012. I. Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7618.
First municipality record, extending the range of the species 80
airline km NW of the closest known locality at Mezquital del Oro,
Zacatecas (Ahumada et al. 2011). The snake was found AOR in
tropical deciduous forest. The geographic population variant
the specimen would have been referred to in the past was L. s.
bressoni.
LEPTOPHIS DIPLOTROPIS (Pacific Coast Parrot Snake).
JALISCO: Municipality of Villa Guerrero: 9 km SW Villa Guerrero
(21.959250°N, 103.684500°W), 1924 m elev. 25 October 2011. I.
Ahumada-Carrillo. UTADC 7588, 7589. First municipality record
and northernmost record in Jalisco, extending the known range
ca. 140 airline km N from the closest known localities near
Zapopan, Jalisco (Reyna-Bustos et al. 2007). The snake was found
DOR in tropical deciduous forest. The geographic population
variant the specimen would have been referred to in the past was
L. d. diplotropis.
MASTIGODRYAS CLIFTONI (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). JALISCO: Municipality of Bolaños: Sierra de los Huicholes, Sierra Los
Huicholes, 22.4 km NW of Bolaños, on road to Huejuquilla
(21.886000°N, 103.845389°W), 2080 m elev. 20 July 2010. I. Ahumada-Carrillo and J. Padilla. UTADC 7522. First municipality record and first for the Sierra de los Huicholes. The closest known
localities are 93 airline km SW at Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro,
Nayarit, and ca. 140 km SE in the Barranca de Oblatos-Huentitan, Jalisco (Ponce-Campos and Huerta-Ortega 1998). The snake
was found in pine-oak forest. NAYARIT: Municipality of El Nayar:
near El Maguey, El Venado – Mesa de Nayar Hwy (22.145892°N,
104.752247°W), 1750 m elev. 14 August 2010. C. Grünwald and C.
Rodriguez. UTADC 7586. This record fills a gap in the distribution of the species, between Plomosas, Sinaloa, 127 km N, and
Laguna de Santa Maria del Oro, 87 km S (Hardy and McDiarmid
1969; Ponce-Campos and Huerta-Ortega 1998). The snake was
found during a foggy morning while crossing the highway in oak
forest.
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Michoacán (Duellman 1961). The snake was found AOR in tropical deciduous forest. This species appears to be known only from
the type specimen and possibly one lost sample from Aguililla,
Michoacán (Duellman 1961), and we include the first photograph of this species to be published in the literature (Fig. 4).
Acknowledgments.—We thank Chris Rodriguez, Mario Alberto
Iñiguez, Jesús Orozco, and Rafael Mederos for their valuable
assistance in the field.
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MICRURUS DISTANS (West Mexican Coralsnake). NAYARIT:
Municipality of La Yesca: Sierra Pajaritos, 5.7 airline km NW of
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THAMNOPHIS ERRANS (Mexican Wandering Gartersnake).
JALISCO: Municipality of Mezquitic: Sierra de los Huicholes,
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First Departmental Records of Amphibians and
Reptiles from Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque
in Southwestern Honduras
McCranie (2007, 2011) demonstrated that the departments of
Intibucá, Lempira, and Ocotepeque in southwestern Honduras
were among the most understudied departments in the entire
country in respect to their amphibian and snake faunas; the same
holds true for the lizards and turtles in those three departments
(McCranie, in prep.). On 24 November 2011 and from 14 to 20 June
2012, first departmental records for 20 species were documented
from various localities, resulting in one for Intibucá, 10 for
Lempira, and nine for Ocotepeque. All samples were collected
by J. R. McCranie. John C. Murphy verified the identification of
the FMNH specimens, except for Incilius valliceps and Holcosus
undulatus, which were verified by Alan Resetar; Steve W. Gotte
verified the USNM specimen. Coordinates for all localities were
taken with a GPS device using map datum WGS84. Ecological life
zone vegetation formations used herein (placed in parentheses)
are those classified by Holdridge (1967); others refer to specific
vegetation associations at collecting sites.
ANURA — FROGS
Lempira
INCILIUS VALLICEPS (Southern Gulf Coast Toad; Sapo Común
de Crestas Grandes). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N,
88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283705. Closest
known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE
of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). The toad was
active on the ground at night in a pasture adjacent to the pond
in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).
DENDROPSOPHUS MICROCEPHALUS (Small-headed Treefrog; Ranita Trepadora Amarilla). Pond just S of Gracias
(14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH
283723–27. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW
at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006).
Two males were calling at night on water hyacinths (Eichhornia
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crassipes) floating on surface of the pond surrounded by pasture
in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).
SCINAX STAUFFERI (Stauffer’s Long-nosed Treefrog; Ranita
Trepadora Nariguda). Pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N,
88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283743–44. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km
SE of Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). This species
is now known from all 18 Honduran departments. Numerous
males were calling at night from emerging grass stalks in flooded
areas adjacent to the pond surrounded by pasture in denuded
pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).
SMILISCA BAUDINII (Mexican Treefrog; Rana Trepadora
Común). Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W),
860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283745–47. Closest known locality for this species is ca. 27 km NW at a site 6.4 km SE of Santa
Rosa de Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). This species is now
known from all 18 Honduran departments. Males were calling at
night from small isolated trees and on the ground in a pasture
adjacent to the pond in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane
Moist Forest).
LEPTODACTYLUS MELANONOTUS (Sabinal Frog; Ranita de Charco de Dos Espinas). Near pond just S of Gracias
(14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH
283720–22, 283749. Closest known locality for this species is ca.
75 km NW at Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). Males were calling
at night from inside grass clumps in flooded pasture adjacent to
the pond in denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).
HYPOPACHUS VARIOLOSUS (Sheep Frog; Ranita Oveja Común).
Near pond just S of Gracias (14.566847°N, 88.583409°W), 860 m
elev. 19 June 2012. FMNH 283728–29. Closest known locality for
this species is ca. 25 km NW at a site 8 km SE of Santa Rosa de
Copán, Copán (McCranie 2006). Males were calling at night from
burrows below grass clumps in and around flooded pasture adjacent to the pond surrounded by denuded pine-oak forest (Premontane Moist Forest).
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