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This list of reptiles of Mexico is made up of 995 species of reptiles registered in Mexico. [1] Listing is based on The Reptile Database. [ 1 ] The reptiles of Mexico are grouped into 3 orders and 35 families, and include snakes, lizards, crocodilians and turtles.
Pages in category "Reptiles of Mexico" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 508 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This page contains lists of reptiles found in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, which straddles the states of Colima and Jalisco in Mexico.The reserve is located in the transition of the Nearctic and Neotropical realms and encompasses parts of the Sierra Madre del Sur, with a wide range of altitudes, climates and soils.
Mexico ranks first in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, second in mammals with 438 species, fourth in amphibians with 290 species, and fourth in flora, with 26,000 species. [3] Mexico is also ranked second in the world in ecosystems and fourth in overall species. [4] About 2,500 species are protected by Mexican legislation. [4]
Kemp’s ridley turtles are federally protected endangered species that are found more often in the Gulf of Mexico than along the South Atlantic coast. They are considered the most endangered of ...
Pages in category "Endemic reptiles of Mexico" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 433 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Liner, Ernest A. (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60. Mertens R (1972). "Eine neue Schlankatter der Gattung Leptophis aus Mexico". Senckenbergiana Biologica 53 (5-6): 341–342. (Leptophis mexicanus septentrionalis, new subspecies ...
Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg (7 to 13 pounds ...