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Responsible:
Rita Yolanda Benavides Ruíz.
Participant Institutions:
Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C. and
Wildlife Preservation Trust International.
Starting date: January 1st, 1999.
Finish date: December 30, 2001.
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Objectives:
1- To create a database with biological and ecological information
of the reptile and amphibian species from the islands of the
Loreto Bay National Park.
2- To determine the distribution of the species within the study
area.
3- To generate distribution maps for the islands of the Loreto
Bay National Park.
4- To detect behavioral patterns of the species being studied
in relation to environmental parameters to be used in future
ecological proposals.
5- To evaluate population density, age structure, born rate,
mortality, sex proportion and reproductive patterns of endangered
reptiles.
6- To evaluate habitat quality of reptile species.
7- To evaluate Habitat and Population Viability (HPVA) by using
the Montecarlo Vortex simulation program of IUCN. |
A database with biological and ecological information of
the reptile and amphibian species from the islands of the
Loreto Bay National Park will be created.
The information will include the distribution of all reptile
and amphibian species of the study area, its behavioral patterns
in relation to environmental parameters, its population densities,
and age structure, born rate, mortality, sex proportions and
reproductive aspects of endangered reptiles.
Also, the quality of habitat will be evaluated, plus their
Population and Habitat Viability (PHVA) by means of the Montecarlo
Vortex simulation program of the IUCN.
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CHECKLIST:
1. Sapo de puntos rojos, red-spotted toad, Bufo punctatus
2. Salamanques, leaf toed gekko, Phyllodactylus nocticolus
3. Cachoron güero, iguana de desierto, desert iguana, Dipsosaurus
dorsalis
4. Iguana de las rocas, chuckwalla, Sauromalus slevini
5. Cachimba, zebra tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides
6. Canarro, spiny lizard, Sceloporus orcutti
7. Canarro, spiny lizard, Sceloporus monserratensis
8. Cachorita, slide spotted lizard, Uta stansburiana
9. Cachorita, small-scaled lizard, Urosaurus microscutatus
10. Guico, whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus tigris
11. Guico, orange throated whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus hyperythrus
12. culebra de jardín, western blind snake, Leptotyphlops
humilis
13. Boa del desierto, rosy boa, Charina trivirgata
14. Falsa coralillo de arena, banded sand snake, Chilomeniscus
cinctus
15. Culebra ojo de gato, nigth snake, Hypsiglena torquata
16. Chirrionera, whiptail snake, Masticophis flagellum
17. Culebra cabeza negra, western black-headed snake, Tantilla
planiceps
18. Cascabel, baja california rattlesnake, Crotalus enyo
19. Cascabel, speckled rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii
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