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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México

For almost 30 years North American herpetologists have been making extensive collections of reptiles and amphibians in Mexico. Some parts of the country, because of their accessibility, soon became relatively well known; other regions lying off the beaten path were bypassed or...

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3. mm. Dorsolateral dark stripe or row of dashes in all

specimens; dark spots in lateral green fields, at least posteriorly in most; dark spots posteriorly in the dorsal green field in five; lateral dark stripe separated from dorsola...

2. Volume 15, No. 1, pp. 1-148, pls. 1-6, 11 figs.

For almost 30 years North American herpetologists have been making extensive collections of reptiles and amphibians in Mexico. Some parts of the country, because of their access...

11. m. A valley of the Rio Flores about 3 hours by mule

San Andres (Cerro).--Lat. 19 deg. 48', long. 100 deg. 35', elev. 3950 m. at summit. A mountain, the summit of which is about 16 kilometers north-northwest of Ciudad Hidalgo; oak...

10. m. A ranch about 7 hours by mule southwest of Coalcoman;

Hondo (Puerto).--Lat. 19 deg. 25', long. 100 deg. 13', elev. 2750 m. A pass in the mountains, 14 kilometers by road east of Zitacuaro (just west of Macho de Agua); pine, oak, an...

6. m. A small ranch on the west-northwestern slope of Cerro de

Bejuco (Barranca de).--Lat. 18 deg. 07', long. 102 deg. 48', elev. 90 m. A barranca in the lower slopes of the Sierra de Coalcoman just west of the lower reaches of the Rio Nexp...

7. m. A village 29 kilometers northwest of Uruapan; pine

Cuitzeo (Lago de).--A large lakebed on the Mexican Plateau at an elevation of 1800 m. In dry years there is little water in the lake, and most of the lakebed is dry; in very wet...

8. m. A mountain about 8 kilometers north of Pino Gordo;

Guayabo.--Lat. 18 deg. 45', long. 102 deg. 15', elev. 760 m. A village in the Sierra de Coalcoman about 32 kilometers north-northeast of Arteaga; upper limits of arid tropical s...

4. m. A town in the Cordillera Volcanica on the road from

Arteaga (formerly Carrizal).--Lat. 18 deg. 28', long. 102 deg. 25', elev. 850 m. A town in the eastern part of the Sierra de Coalcoman; transition between arid tropical scrub fo...

5. m. A settlement on the western slopes of Cerro San Andres;

Balsas (Rio).--A large river having its headwaters in Tlaxcala, Puebla, and northwestern Oaxaca, flowing westward through an arid valley to the Pacific Ocean, and in its lower p...

1. Volume 15, No. 1, pp. 1-148, pls. 1-6, 11 figs.

9. m. A town in the valley of the Rio Tuxpan;