Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama

Abstract

Panama has 229 species of amphibians and 280 species of reptiles, of which 72 (31.4%) are threatened according tonational legislation and 20 are endemic. The study area is of high ecological value and functions as a natural biologicalcorridor; however, it has very few sites that have been studied. For two years we sampled the area, registering 55 speciesof amphibians and 58 reptiles, including species with local conservation categories, new records of distribution, and anew species for science that will be described in a later work.