FIRST RECORD OF UNILATERAL ANOPHTHALMIA IN Isthmura bellii (Gray, 1850) (CAUDATA: PLETHODONTIDAE) IN MEXICO CITY

Leonardo Daniel Ponce Rosales; Gabriel Suárez Varón

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1709

Autores/as

Leonardo Daniel Ponce Rosales Laboratorio de Herpetología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Gabriel Suárez Varón Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7241-7436

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1709

Palabras clave:

Anomalía, Ausencia ocular, Conservación, Anfibios

Resumen

Se documenta por primera vez un caso de anoftalmia unilateral en la salamandra Isthmura bellii. Este fenómeno se caracteriza por la ausencia total del ojo izquierdo sin evidencia de lesiones asociadas a depredación. Esta observación es escasa en el orden Caudata, por lo que amplía el conocimiento de esta anomalía en anfibios mexicanos.

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