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CAT Vertebradosgt CDC CECON USAC 2019
Catálogo de Autoridades Taxonómicas de vertebrados de Guatemala CDC-CECON-USAC 2019 Centro de Datos para la Conservación (CDC) Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (Cecon) Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Este documento fue elaborado por el Centro de Datos para la Conservación (CDC) del Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (Cecon) de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Guatemala, 2019 Textos y edición: Manolo J. García. Zoólogo CDC Primera edición, 2019 Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (Cecon) de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ISBN: 978-9929-570-19-1 Cita sugerida: Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas [Cecon]. (2019). Catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas de vertebrados de Guatemala (Documento técnico). Guatemala: Centro de Datos para la Conservación [CDC], Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas [Cecon], Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala [Usac]. Índice 1. Presentación ............................................................................................ 4 2. Directrices generales para uso del CAT .............................................. 5 2.1 El grupo objetivo ..................................................................... 5 2.2 Categorías taxonómicas ......................................................... 5 2.3 Nombre de autoridades .......................................................... 5 2.4 Estatus taxonómico -
A Collection of Amphibians from Río San Juan, Southeastern Nicaragua
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264789493 A collection of amphibians from Río San Juan, southeastern Nicaragua Article in Herpetology Notes · January 2009 CITATIONS READS 12 188 4 authors, including: Javier Sunyer Matthias Dehling University of Canterbury 89 PUBLICATIONS 209 CITATIONS 54 PUBLICATIONS 967 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Gunther Köhler Senckenberg Research Institute 222 PUBLICATIONS 1,617 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Zoological Research in Strict Forest Reserves in Hesse, Germany View project Diploma Thesis View project All content following this page was uploaded by Javier Sunyer on 16 August 2018. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Herpetology Notes, volume 2: 189-202 (2009) (published online on 29 October 2009) A collection of amphibians from Río San Juan, southeastern Nicaragua Javier Sunyer1,2,3*, Guillermo Páiz4, David Matthias Dehling1, Gunther Köhler1 Abstract. We report upon the amphibians collected during seven expeditions carried out between the years 2000–2006 to thirteen localities in both Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan and Reserva Biológica Indio-Maíz, southeastern Nicaragua. We include morphometric data of around one-half of the adult specimens in the collection, and provide a brief general overview and discuss zoogeographic and conservation considerations of the amphibians known to occur in the Río San Juan area. Keywords. Amphibia, conservation, ecology, morphometry, zoogeography. Introduction potential of holding America’s first interoceanic channel and also because it was part of the sea route to travel The San Juan River is an approximately 200 km slow- from eastern to western United States. -
BOA2.1 Caecilian Biology and Natural History.Key
The Biology of Amphibians @ Agnes Scott College Mark Mandica Executive Director The Amphibian Foundation [email protected] 678 379 TOAD (8623) 2.1: Introduction to Caecilians Microcaecilia dermatophaga Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia There are more than 20 synapomorphies (shared characters) uniting the group Lissamphibia Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Integumen is Glandular Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Glandular Skin, with 2 main types of glands. Mucous Glands Aid in cutaneous respiration, reproduction, thermoregulation and defense. Granular Glands Secrete toxic and/or noxious compounds and aid in defense Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Pedicellate Teeth crown (dentine, with enamel covering) gum line suture (fibrous connective tissue, where tooth can break off) basal element (dentine) Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Sacral Vertebrae Sacral Vertebrae Connects pelvic girdle to The spine. Amphibians have no more than one sacral vertebrae (caecilians have none) Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Amphicoelus Vertebrae Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Opercular apparatus Unique to amphibians and Operculum part of the sound conducting mechanism Synapomorphies of Lissamphibia Fat Bodies Surrounding Gonads Fat Bodies Insulate gonads Evolution of Amphibians † † † † Actinopterygian Coelacanth, Tetrapodomorpha †Amniota *Gerobatrachus (Ray-fin Fishes) Lungfish (stem-tetrapods) (Reptiles, Mammals)Lepospondyls † (’frogomander’) Eocaecilia GymnophionaKaraurus Caudata Triadobatrachus Anura (including Apoda Urodela Prosalirus †) Salientia Batrachia Lissamphibia -
Diversity-Dependent Cladogenesis Throughout Western Mexico: Evolutionary Biogeography of Rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus)
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Publications and Research New York City College of Technology 2016 Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout western Mexico: Evolutionary biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus) Christopher Blair CUNY New York City College of Technology Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez University of Toronto How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/344 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] 1Blair, C., Sánchez-Ramírez, S., 2016. Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout 2 western Mexico: Evolutionary biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: 3 Crotalus and Sistrurus ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97, 145–154. 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.020. © 2016. This manuscript version is made 5 available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. 6 7 8 Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout western Mexico: evolutionary 9 biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus) 10 11 12 CHRISTOPHER BLAIR1*, SANTIAGO SÁNCHEZ-RAMÍREZ2,3,4 13 14 15 1Department of Biological Sciences, New York City College of Technology, Biology PhD 16 Program, Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, 17 NY 11201, USA. 18 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks 19 Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada. 20 3Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, 21 ON, M5S 2C6, Canada. 22 4Present address: Environmental Genomics Group, Max Planck Institute for 23 Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Str. -
Review Article Distribution and Conservation Status of Amphibian
Mongabay.com Open Access Journal - Tropical Conservation Science Vol.7 (1):1-25 2014 Review Article Distribution and conservation status of amphibian and reptile species in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico: an update after 20 years of research Omar Hernández-Ordóñez1, 2, *, Miguel Martínez-Ramos2, Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez2, Adriana González-Hernández3, Arturo González-Zamora4, Diego A. Zárate2 and, Víctor Hugo Reynoso3 1Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Av. Universidad 3000, C.P. 04360, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. 2 Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. 3Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. 4División de Posgrado, Instituto de Ecología A.C. Km. 2.5 Camino antiguo a Coatepec No. 351, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico. * Corresponding author: Omar Hernández Ordóñez, email: [email protected] Abstract Mexico has one of the richest tropical forests, but is also one of the most deforested in Mesoamerica. Species lists updates and accurate information on the geographic distribution of species are necessary for baseline studies in ecology and conservation of these sites. Here, we present an updated list of the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the Lacandona region, and actualized information on their distribution and conservation status. Although some studies have discussed the amphibians and reptiles of the Lacandona, most herpetological lists came from the northern part of the region, and there are no confirmed records for many of the species assumed to live in the region. -
Venom Week VI
Toxicon 150 (2018) 315e334 Contents lists availableHouston, at ScienceDirect TX, respectively. Toxicon journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/toxicon Venom Week VI Texas A&M University, Kingsville, March 14-18, 2018 North American Society of Toxinology Venom Week VII will be held in 2020 at the University of Florida, Gain- Abstract Editors: Daniel E. Keyler, Pharm.D., FAACT and Elda E. Sanchez, esville, Florida, and organized by Drs. Alfred Alequas and Michael Schaer. Ph.D. Venom Week VI was held at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, and Appreciation is extended to Elsevier and Toxicon for their excellent sup- was sponsored by the North American Society of Toxinology. The meeting port, and to all Texas A&M University, Kingsville staff for their outstanding was attended by 160 individuals, including 14 invited speakers, and rep- contribution and efforts to make Venom Week VI a success. resenting eight different countries including the United States. Dr. Elda E. Sanchez was the meeting Chair along with meeting coordinators Drs. Daniel E. Keyler, University of Minnesota and Steven A. Seifert, University of New Mexico, USA. Abstracts Newly elected NAST officers were announced and welcomed: President, Basic and translational research IN Carl-Wilhelm Vogel MD, PhD; Secretary, Elda E. Sanchez, PhD; and Steven THIRD GENERATION ANTIVENOMICS: PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE VITRO A. Seifert, Treasurer. PRECLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF ANTIVENOMS * Invited Speakers: D. Pla, Y. Rodríguez, J.J. Calvete . Evolutionary and Translational Venomics Glenn King, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia, Editor-in-Chief, Lab, Biomedicine Institute of Valencia, Spanish Research Council, 46010 Toxicon; Keynote speaker Valencia, Spain Bruno Lomonte, PhD, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, University of Costa Rica * Corresponding author. -
Xenosaurus Tzacualtipantecus. the Zacualtipán Knob-Scaled Lizard Is Endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Eastern Mexico
Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus. The Zacualtipán knob-scaled lizard is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. This medium-large lizard (female holotype measures 188 mm in total length) is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in eastern Hidalgo, at an elevation of 1,900 m in pine-oak forest, and a nearby locality at 2,000 m in northern Veracruz (Woolrich- Piña and Smith 2012). Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus is thought to belong to the northern clade of the genus, which also contains X. newmanorum and X. platyceps (Bhullar 2011). As with its congeners, X. tzacualtipantecus is an inhabitant of crevices in limestone rocks. This species consumes beetles and lepidopteran larvae and gives birth to living young. The habitat of this lizard in the vicinity of the type locality is being deforested, and people in nearby towns have created an open garbage dump in this area. We determined its EVS as 17, in the middle of the high vulnerability category (see text for explanation), and its status by the IUCN and SEMAR- NAT presently are undetermined. This newly described endemic species is one of nine known species in the monogeneric family Xenosauridae, which is endemic to northern Mesoamerica (Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas and into the montane portions of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). All but one of these nine species is endemic to Mexico. Photo by Christian Berriozabal-Islas. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. | http://redlist-ARC.org 01 June 2013 | Volume 7 | Number 1 | e61 Copyright: © 2013 Wilson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use for non-com- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7(1): 1–47. -
Pit Vipers: from Fang to Needle—Three Critical Concepts for Clinicians
Tuesday, July 28, 2021 Pit Vipers: From Fang to Needle—Three Critical Concepts for Clinicians Keith J. Boesen, PharmD & Nicholas B. Hurst, M.D., MS Disclosures / Potential Conflicts of Interest • Keith Boesen and Nicholas Hurst are employed by Rare Disease Therapeutics, Inc. (RDT) • RDT is a U.S. company working with Laboratorios Silanes, S.A. de C.V., a company in Mexico • Laboratorios Silanes manufactures a variety of antivenoms Note: This program may contain the mention of suppliers, brands, products, services or drugs presented in a case study or comparative format using evidence-based research. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as an endorsement of any particular supplier, brand, product, service or drug. 2 Learning Objectives At the end of this session, participants should be able to: 1. Describe the venom variability in North American Pit Vipers 2. Evaluate the clinical symptoms associated with a North American Pit Viper envenomation 3. Develop a treatment plan for a North American Pit Viper envenomation 3 Audience Poll Question: #1 of 5 My level of expertise in treating Pit Viper Envenomation is… a. I wouldn’t know where to begin! b. I have seen a few cases… c. I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two d. I frequently treat these patients e. When it comes to Pit Viper envenomation, I am a Ssssuper Sssskilled Ssssnakebite Sssspecialist!!! 4 PIT VIPER ENVENOMATIONS PIT VIPERS Loreal Pits Movable Fangs 1. Russel 1983 -Photo provided by the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center 1. -
Reptiles and Amphibians of Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Belize
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Orange Walk District, Belize Ryan L. Lynch, Mike Rochford, Laura A. Brandt and Frank J. Mazzotti University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Avenue; Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 All pictures taken by RLL: [email protected] and MR: [email protected] Vaillant’s Frog Rio Grande Leopard Frog Common Mexican Treefrog Rana vaillanti Rana berlandieri Smilisca baudinii Veined Treefrog Red Eyed Treefrog Stauffer’s Treefrog Phrynohyas venulosa Agalychnis callidryas Scinax staufferi White-lipped Frog Fringe-toed Foam Frog Fringe-toed Foam Frog Leptodactylus labialis Leptodactylus melanonotus Leptodactylus melanonotus 1 Reptiles and Amphibians of the Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Orange Walk District, Belize Ryan L. Lynch, Mike Rochford, Laura A. Brandt and Frank J. Mazzotti University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Avenue; Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 All pictures taken by RLL: [email protected] and MR: [email protected] Tungara Frog Marine Toad Gulf Coast Toad Physalaemus pustulosus Bufo marinus Bufo valliceps Sheep Toad House Gecko Dwarf Bark Gecko Hypopachus variolosus Hemidactylus frenatus Shaerodactylus millepunctatus Turnip-tailed Gecko Yucatan Banded Gecko Yucatan Banded Gecko Thecadactylus rapicaudus Coleonyx elegans Coleonyx elegans 2 Reptiles and Amphibians of the Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Orange Walk District, Belize Ryan L. Lynch, Mike Rochford, Laura A. Brandt and Frank J. Mazzotti University -
Patterns in Protein Components Present in Rattlesnake Venom: a Meta-Analysis
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 1 September 2020 doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0012.v1 Article Patterns in Protein Components Present in Rattlesnake Venom: A Meta-Analysis Anant Deshwal1*, Phuc Phan2*, Ragupathy Kannan3, Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam2,# 1 Division of Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas # Correspondence: [email protected] * These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: The specificity and potency of venom components gives them a unique advantage in development of various pharmaceutical drugs. Though venom is a cocktail of proteins rarely is the synergy and association between various venom components studied. Understanding the relationship between various components is critical in medical research. Using meta-analysis, we found underlying patterns and associations in the appearance of the toxin families. For Crotalus, Dis has the most associations with the following toxins: PDE; BPP; CRL; CRiSP; LAAO; SVMP P-I & LAAO; SVMP P-III and LAAO. In Sistrurus venom CTL and NGF had most associations. These associations can be used to predict presence of proteins in novel venom and to understand synergies between venom components for enhanced bioactivity. Using this approach, the need to revisit classification of proteins as major components or minor components is highlighted. The revised classification of venom components needs to be based on ubiquity, bioactivity, number of associations and synergies. The revised classification will help in increased research on venom components such as NGF which have high medical importance. Keywords: Rattlesnake; Crotalus; Sistrurus; Venom; Toxin; Association Key Contribution: This article explores the patterns of appearance of venom components of two rattlesnake genera: Crotalus and Sistrurus to determine the associations between toxin families. -
A Second Record of Scolecomorphus Kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique
Herpetology Notes, volume 8: 59-62 (2015) (published online on 10 March 2015) A second record of Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique Harith Omar Morgadinho Farooq1 and Werner Conradie2,* The herpetofauna of northern Mozambique (Nampula, Branch et al., 2014), crustaceans (Daniels and Bayliss, Niassa, and Cabo Degabo Provinces) remains one of the 2012) and bats (Taylor et al., 2012). While Portik et al. most poorly-known in Africa. This is a consequence of (2013a) summarised the herpetofauna of the inselbergs the physical inaccessibility of the region as well as the of northern Mozambique, they overlooked the valuable protracted civil war, which affected the study of many amphibian collections in the technical report by Branch areas. Mozambique is expected to have a large diversity (2004) from Niassa Game Reserve and the herpetofaunal of herpetofauna due to the variety of different habitat collections from Mount Mabu (Timberlake et al., 2012), types available and the large size (area) of the country. which led to underestimation and incorrect accounts of The lack of scientific studies of northern Mozambique the herpetofaunal diversity of the montane inselbergs of has led to widely disparate and inaccurate summaries northern Mozambique. of the herpetofaunal diversity of the country. While In November 2011 and May 2014 a team of scientists, there are no formal publications that explicitly deal mountain climbers, and conservationists had the with this topic, reputable internet sources indicate that opportunity to survey Mount Namuli, which resulted 221 reptile (Uetz, 2015) and 69 amphibian species in some additions to the herpetofauna of that area. (AmphibiaWeb, 2015) are expected to occur in the whole of Mozambique. -
Vertebrate with Protrusible Eyes with Cattle: Oryx5 and Domestic Cat (W
SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE taminated food4 and which do not share the codon 146(C) and 158(C) amino acids Vertebrate with protrusible eyes with cattle: oryx5 and domestic cat (W. G., unpublished data). Many amino-acid SrR - Caecilians are among the most African family Scolecomorphidae, the eye changes in PrP change the phenotype of divergent and least-known major verte is not under bone or in a socket. Instead, it prion diseases; it is intriguing to speculate brate groups. Found throughout the is attached laterally to the base of the ten about evolutionary adaptation against humid tropics (with the exception of tacle7-9. In most caecilians, this would pre these diseases operating via sequence Madagascar), these limbless, fossorial vent the eye from being exposed to light, changes in PrP protein. It may therefore as it would be under heavily be the case that codons 143, 155 and, as pigmented skin. But in scole suggested above, 168 of the human PrP comorphids, the tentacular gene are key amino-acid positions in the groove is covered by pig interaction with components of the infec mentless skin. Thus, as the tive agent. However, a correlation tentacle is protracted and between a particular feature of a PrP pro retracted, the eye moves tein sequence and predisposition to a cer with it along a translucent tain strain of agent can only be track and remains exposed demonstrated experimentally. to ambient light regardless In addition, Krakauer et al. based their of position (a in the figure). analysis on only 56 variant codon posi The anatomy of preserved tions.