First survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Sean Rovito; Thomas Devitt; Susan Devitt

doi:10.15560/11.2.1570

Check List 11(2): e19168, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1570

First survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Sean Michael Rovito^‡, Thomas James Devitt^§, Susan Cameron Devitt^|

‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico§ The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America| The University of Florida, United States of America

Corresponding author: Sean Rovito ( smrovito@gmail.com )

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Citation: Rovito S, Devitt T, Devitt S (2015) First survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Check List 11(2): 1570. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1570

Abstract

We conducted a first survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve in June 2010, during the rainy season in Costa Rica. We found a total of 30 species of amphibians and reptiles in 15 families during our weeklong survey, including 15 frogs, 2 salamanders, 7 lizards, and 6 snakes. We compare our results to those of a previous survey of the nearby San Ramón Reserve.

Keywords

Costa Rica; herpetofauna; amphibians; reptiles; Mesoamerica