Addition To The Herpetofauna Of Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras
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چکیده
Two more species are reported for the Pico Bonito National Park, one from Dactyloidae family and another Colubridae family, thus increasing herpetofauna 82 to 84 species, at same time distribution of Norops capito (Peters, 1863) is expanded north Honduras, this being first record department Atlántida.
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A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras
The Mesoamerican damselfly genus Amphipteryx includes four species: Amphipteryx agrioides (Mexico), A. chiapensis (Mexico), A. meridionalis (Honduras) and A. nataliae (Verapaz, Guatemala). We describe a fifth species, Amphipteryx jaroli, from the cloud forest in Pico Bonito National park, Honduras. Additionally we include an up to date key of all species in the genus for both sexes.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2594-2158']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.459