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Simón-Salvador PR, Arreortúa M, Flores CA, Santiago-Dionicio H, González-Bernal E. The role of Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas in herpetofauna conservation: a preliminary list for Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Oaxaca Mexico. Zookeys 2021; 1029:185-208. [PMID: 33935556 PMCID: PMC8050035 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.62205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The montane cloud forests of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca (SMO) host a remarkable herpetofauna diversity and represent one of the most important areas of endemism for Mexico and Mesoamerica. Although the area has been previously studied, most of the extant records for this group are biased to locations accessed by paved roads. In addition, an important proportion of this territory is conserved by Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas (ICCA), but little information of the species occurring within these areas exists. Therefore, information on the distribution of many endemic taxa in this region to date is either underestimated or incomplete. With the aim of increasing the ecological and distributional knowledge of this group in remote areas, we carried out field surveys in Santa Cruz Tepetotutla Oaxaca, a locality 25 km in a straight line to the closest paved road that conserves 9,670 ha of land through the ICCAs modality. Surveys were made during 2018 and 2019, including both dry and wet seasons. A total of 40 species of amphibians and reptiles were recorded: 32.5% of these records represent distributional range extensions, while 20% represent altitudinal range extensions. A total of 17.5% are records of species under a high risk category, highlighting both the relevance of studying remote areas to increase species population knowledge and the role of community conservation actions for species persistence. Finally, our records include the rediscovery of Rhadinella schistosa, a species undetected for more than 50 years.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pablo Rogelio Simón-Salvador
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. Laboratorio de Ecología de Anfibios (ECA). Hornos 1003, Col. Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, MéxicoInstituto Politécnico NacionalOaxacaMexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. Laboratorio de Ecología de Anfibios (ECA). Hornos 1003, Col. Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, MéxicoInstituto Politécnico NacionalOaxacaMexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. Laboratorio de Ecología de Anfibios (ECA). Hornos 1003, Col. Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, MéxicoInstituto Politécnico NacionalOaxacaMexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. Laboratorio de Ecología de Anfibios (ECA). Hornos 1003, Col. Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, MéxicoInstituto Politécnico NacionalOaxacaMexico
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- CONACYT – Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca. Laboratorio de Ecología de Anfibios (ECA). Hornos 1003, Col. Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, MéxicoInstituto Politécnico NacionalOaxacaMexico
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Faivovich J, Pereyra MO, Luna MC, Hertz A, Blotto BL, Vásquez-Almazán CR, McCranie JR, Sánchez DA, Baêta D, Araujo-Vieira K, Köhler G, Kubicki B, Campbell JA, Frost DR, Wheeler WC, Haddad CF. On the Monophyly and Relationships of Several Genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with Comments on Recent Taxonomic Changes in Hylids. SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.2994/sajh-d-17-00115.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Julián Faivovich
- Division Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” —Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” —Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” —Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Calle Mariscal Cruz 1-56 zona 10, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Aquicultura, Av. 24A 1515, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” —Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, Guayacán, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Herpetology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Aquicultura, Av. 24A 1515, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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FAIVOVICH JULIÁN, HADDAD CÉLIOF, GARCIA PAULOC, FROST DARRELR, CAMPBELL JONATHANA, WHEELER WARDC. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2005. [DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:srotff]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 466] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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