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The Amphibians and Reptiles
of Sinaloa, Mexico
BY
LAURENCE M. HARDY AND ROY W. McDIARMID
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 40
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 42
DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 43
Physiography 43
Climate 45
Temperature 45
Rainfall , 47
Vegetation 51
Tropical Thorn Woodland 53
Tropical Semiarid Forest 55
Tropical Dry Forest 56
Subtropical Dry Forest 57
Lower Montane Dry Forest 58
COMPOSITION OF THE HEKPETOFAUNA 59
ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 66
Amphibia 70
Salientia 70
Reptilia 104
Testudines 104
Squamata 109
Sauria 109
Serpentes 153
Crocodilia 217
SPECIES OF QUESTIONABLE OCCURRENCE 217
SUMMARY 219
GAZETTEER 221
DISTRIBUTION MAPS 226
LITERATURE CITED 240