Check List 13(4): 203-237, doi: 10.15560/13.4.203
Amphibians and reptiles from two localities in the northern Andes of Colombia
Adriana Restrepo‡, Claudia Molina-Zuluaga‡, Juan P. Hurtado§, Carlos M. Marín‡, Juan M. Daza‡‡ Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia§ Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Brazil
Corresponding author: Juan M. Daza ( jumadaza@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Sebastian Lotzkat © 2017 Adriana Restrepo, Claudia Molina-Zuluaga, Juan P. Hurtado, Carlos M. Marín, Juan M. Daza. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Restrepo A, Molina-Zuluaga C, Hurtado JP, Marín CM, Daza JM (2017) Amphibians and reptiles from two localities in the northern Andes of Colombia. Check List 13(4): 203-237. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.203 |  |
Abstract
The northern Andes are a geographically, climatically, and ecologically complex area that harbors a high number of species and presents a high level of endemism. However, the landscape of this region has been highly transformed by human activities, including agriculture, cattle grazing, urbanization, and recently, the construction of large infrastructure projects. This study presents a list of amphibians and reptiles compiled from field surveys carried out between 2006 and 2016 in the protected areas surrounding 2 hydroelectric projects located on the eastern flank of the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia. The checklist is comprised of 101 species (43 amphibians and 58 reptiles), including 17 endemic to Colombia and 4 threatened species. The high species density, high representativeness of the regional biodiversity, and high level of amphibian endemism make these 2 protected areas important for conservation of the regional herpetofauna.
Keywords
Endemism; frogs; hydroelectric dam; lizards; snakes; species richness