NEW RECORDS OF INVASIVE SPECIES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AREAS IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Ruth Percino-Daniel; Alejandra Cruz-Ramos; Juan Carlos Windfield-Pérez; Miguel Ángel  Peralta-Meixueiro; Paula L. Enríquez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1776

Autores/as

Ruth Percino-Daniel Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico s/n. Barrio de María Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, 29290, México.
Alejandra Cruz-Ramos Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento norte poniente 1150, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, 29039, México.
Juan Carlos Windfield-Pérez J Windfield, S.A. de C.V. Antonio Merlo de la Fuente, Núm. 3, Tlaxcala, 90160, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7413-5835
Miguel Ángel Peralta-Meixueiro Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento norte poniente 1150, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, 29039, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2100-7821
Paula L. Enríquez Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico s/n. Barrio de María Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, 29290, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1776

Palabras clave:

Invasive species, Distributional range extension, Amphibians, Reptilia

Resumen

Se reporta la presencia de tres especies invasoras que están ampliamente establecidas en diversas regiones del mundo y en México, pero que no habían sido reportadas oficialmente en el sur de México, específicamente en el estado de Chiapas. Las especies son la Rana Chirriadora Caribeña Eleutherodactylus planirostris, la Rana Toro Americana Rana (Aquarana) catesbeiana y la Serpiente Ciega Afroasiática Indotyphlops braminus.

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