Bromeliohyla dendroscarta

Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio, Hernández-Salinas, Uriel, Cruz-Elizalde, Raciel, Berriozabal-Islas, Christian, Moreno-Lara, Israel, DeSantis, Dominic L., Johnson, Jerry D., García-Padilla, Elí, Mata-Silva, Vicente & Wilson, Larry David, 2020, The herpetofauna of Hidalgo, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 224) 14 (1), pp. 63-118 : 104-106

Bromeliohyla dendroscarta * (17)

Lithobates johni * (14)

Bolitoglossa platydactyla * (15)

Lepidophyma occulor * (14)

Leptophis diplotropis * (14)

Chersodromus rubriventris * (14)

Rhadinaea quinquelineata * (15)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus * (15)

Agkistrodon taylori * (17)

No. 33. Crotalus aquilus Klauber 1952 . The Dusky Rattlesnake is found “from the region of Lake Chapala, Jalisco, eastward through Michoacán, Guanajuato, Querétaro, central San Luis Potosí, and southeastward through northern Hidalgo and northwestern Veracruz ” ( Lemos-Espinal and Dixon 2013: 249). This individual was encountered near Nopalillo, in the municipality of Singuilican. Wilson (2013a) ascertained its EVS as 16, placing it in the middle portion of the high vulnerability category. It is allocated to the Least Concern category by the IUCN, and is placed in the Special Protection (Pr) category by SEMARNAT. Photo by Cristian Raúl Olvera-Olvera.

No. 35. Crotalus intermedius Troschel 1865 . The Mexican Small-headed Rattlesnake is distributed in “several disjunct populations…in the central and southern highland region of Mexico ” (Campbell and Lamar 2004: 553). This individual was found in El Encinal in the municipality of Singuilucan. Wilson et al. (2013b) calculated its EVS as 15, placing it in the lower portion of the high vulnerability category, the IUCN has assessed it as Least Concern, and SEMARNAT listed this rattlesnake as Threatened (A). Photo by Ferdinand Torres-Angeles.

No. 34. Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853 . The Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake is broadly distributed in the United States and in Mexico. “In the United States, the distribution…extends from Arkansas and north-central Oklahoma westward to southeastern California and southward through parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and much of Texas. In Mexico, this species ranges from northeastern Baja California through Sonora and northern Sinaloa, across most of Chihuahua except for the Sierra Madre Occidental , throughout Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, and in the northeastern parts of Durango and Zacatecas. It also occurs in Hidalgo and Querétaro, and in parts of central and eastern San Luis Potosí, as well as in extreme northern Veracruz” ( Lemos-Espinal and Dixon 2013: 250). This individual was found at Rancho Alegre, in the municipality of San Agustín Metzquititlán. Wilson et al. (2013a) calculated its EVS as 9, placing it at the upper limit of the low vulnerability category. Its conservation status has been evaluated as Least Concern by the IUCN, and it is allocated to the Special Protection (Pr) category by SEMARNAT. Photo by Cristian Raúl Olvera-Olvera.

No. 36. Crotalus ravus Cope 1865 . The Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake is distributed in “temperate montane regions of south-central Mexico ” (Heimes 2016: 463). This individual was found at Cerro Hihuingo in the municipality of Tepeapulco. Wilson et al. (2013b) calculated its EVS as 14, placing it at the lower limit of the high vulnerability category, the IUCN has evaluated it as Least Concern, and SEMARNAT lists this rattlesnake as Threatened (A). Photo by Christian Berriozabal-Islas.

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