Status of some populations of Mexican salamanders (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

 

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Autores: Parra-Olea, Gabriela, García-París, Mario, Wake, David B
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:1999
Descripción:Populations of Mexican plethodontid salamanders have been surveyed non-systematically over the last 25 years. In light of many reports of disappearance of amphibians around the world, we checked for persistence of reported species at ten of these sites. All of the commoner species persist (we observed individuals representing a total of 30 species). While observed densities of many species of Mexican plethodontids are lower to much lower than was the case 20 to 25 years ago, evidence for recent extinctions, such as has been reported for amphibian taxa elsewhere, is equivocal or lacking. Habitat modification has contributed to difficulties in finding certain species.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19069
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19069
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Palabra clave:salamanders
amphibian declines
populations
plethodontidae
Mexico