Abstract
We present a list of amphibian and reptile species encountered from 16–20 July 2016 in the upper drainage of Río Guázaro, Parque Nacional Santa Fé, Veraguas, Panama. We collected 10 amphibian and 10 reptile species and observed three additional amphibian and one additional reptile species. Our collected material provides the first records from Veraguas province for the amphibians Bolitoglossa schizodactyla Wake & Brame, 1966 and Diasporus aff. quidditus (Lynch, 2001), as well as for the reptiles Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1876, Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928, and Sibon argus (Cope, 1876). Although relatively small in species and specimen numbers, our collection represents the first documented herpetological inventory on the largely unexplored Caribbean versant of Veraguas in 50 years.
Highlights
IntroductionThe Republic of Panama, as part of the Lower Central American biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al 2000), exhibits high numbers and densities of amphibian and reptile species (Jaramillo et al 2010; Wilson and Johnson 2010; Lotzkat 2014; Hertz 2015; Batista 2016)
We present a list of amphibian and reptile species encountered from 16–20 July 2016 in the upper drainage of Río Guázaro, Parque Nacional Santa Fé, Veraguas, Panama
Our collected material provides the first records from Veraguas province for the amphibians Bolitoglossa schizodactyla Wake & Brame, 1966 and Diasporus aff. quidditus (Lynch, 2001), as well as for the reptiles Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1876, Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928, and Sibon argus (Cope, 1876)
Summary
The Republic of Panama, as part of the Lower Central American biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al 2000), exhibits high numbers and densities of amphibian and reptile species (Jaramillo et al 2010; Wilson and Johnson 2010; Lotzkat 2014; Hertz 2015; Batista 2016). In central Panama (Ibáñez et al 2001) During this millennium an increasing amount of fieldwork has been performed both in the western and eastern portions of the country (e.g., Lotzkat 2014; Hertz 2015; Batista 2016). Well above 80% of the province’s continental land area lies to the south of this crest and drains to the Pacific Ocean While these areas are largely subject to strong anthropogenic impacts, the Caribbean versant of extreme northern Veraguas, which is wholly within the district of Santa Fé, has retained much of its original forest cover and only recently has seen the construction of a single paved road leading from Santa Fé along the western provincial border to Calovébora on the Caribbean coast
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