Central America hosts a diverse, unique, and imperiled amphibian fauna, and for decades
Central America been a major epicenter of research into amphibian decline and …

Among the principal causes producing detrimental effects on global biodiversity are
introductions of alien species. Very few attempts to control introduced amphibians and …

The herpetofauna of Oaxaca is the largest of any state in Mexico, consisting of 106 anurans,
41 salamanders, two caecilians, three crocodylians, 271 squamates, and 19 turtles (total …

Venoms of the redtail coral snake Micrurus mipartitus from Colombia and Costa Rica were
analyzed by “venomics”, a proteomic strategy to determine their composition. Proteins were …

Oil palm plantations expand rapidly in tropical regions, including the Neotropics. This study,
quantifies the impact on the herpetofauna of the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. Amphibians …

Species can compete both directly via aggressive encounters (interference) and indirectly
through their shared use of a limited resource (exploitation). Depending on the …

I provide an updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua, and include notes on
nomenclatural changes made since the last checklist was published for the country. I …

Within the Neotropical pit vipers, a lineage of primarily Middle American snake species
referred to as the “Porthidium group” includes the genera Atropoides, Cerrophidion, and …

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been associated with the severe declines and
extinctions of amphibians in Costa Rica that primarily occurred during the 1980s and 1990s …

Abstract Isthmian Central America (ICA) is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world,
hosting an exceptionally high number of species per unit area. ICA was formed< 25 million …