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Published on: December 28, 2018
A Reexamination of the Herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: Composition Update, Physiographic Distribution, and
Vicente Mata-Silva1, E L Garca-Padilla2, Arturo Rocha3
1Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0500, USA . vmata@utep.edu.
Abstract:
A substantial number of changes to the composition of the herpetofauna of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, including taxonomic additions and deletions, have occurred in the five years since our original assessment of this region. These changes now establish a herpetofauna of 480 species for the state. A number of taxonomic and nomenclatural changes involving the Oaxacan herpetofauna also are discussed. Updated patterns of physiographic distribution, endemism, and conservation status of the members of the state herpetofauna are examined.
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