Absence of amphibians in tank bromeliads in San José Biological Station, Chiapas, Mexico

Absence of amphibians in tank bromeliads in San José Biological Station, Chiapas, Mexico

Authors

  • J. Manuel Aranda-Coello 1. Estación Biológica “San José”, Laboratorio de fauna silvestre, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente e Historia Natural, Km 76.9 carretera federal libre 190, Tuxtla Gutiérrez-San Cristóbal, Municipio de Zinacantán Chiapas 2. Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Oscar Miguel Mendoza Velázquez Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Aarón Gómez Cruz Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Joselín Cervantes Díaz Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Carlos Alfredo Villalobos Escobar Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Nancy Moctezuma Hérnandez Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)
  • Eduardo Antonio Montoya Cabrera Red Mesoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles (MesoHERP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2031

Keywords:

pine-oak forest, amphibian decline, conservation, epiphytic plant, Tillandsia guatemalensis

Abstract

The current population decline of amphibians, mainly due to habitat destruction and alteration by humans, is alarming. From March to May 2017, we searched for amphibians in terrestrial and arboreal bromeliads (>20cm in height) in 16ha of pine-oak forest. Out of 3 467 bromeliads, only two specimens had amphibians, indicating a devastating population decline.

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2018-02-28

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Aranda-Coello, J. M., Mendoza Velázquez, O. M., Gómez Cruz, A., Cervantes Díaz, J., Villalobos Escobar, C. A., Moctezuma Hérnandez, N., & Montoya Cabrera, E. A. (2018). Absence of amphibians in tank bromeliads in San José Biological Station, Chiapas, Mexico. UNED Research Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2031

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

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