FIRST RECORDS OF Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus (GEKKOTA: PHYLLODACTYLIDAE) FROM GUERRERO, MEXICO

Ricardo Palacios Aguilar; Tonatiuh Ramírez Reyes

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.2.1577

Autores/as

Ricardo Palacios Aguilar Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera", Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-5534
Tonatiuh Ramírez Reyes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9145-6502

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.2.1577

Resumen

Presentamos los primeros registros del gecko endémico Phyllodactylus paucituberculatus de la parte baja de la Depresión del Balsas en el estado de Guerrero, México.

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