New and Noteworthy Amphibians and Reptiles from British Honduras

Abstract

Syrrhophus leprus cholorum new subspecies, Ficimia publia wolffsohni sohni new subspecies, and Kinosternon mopanum new species are described. Eleutherodactylus stantoni, Micrurus affinis alienus, Bothrops atrox asper, and Crocodylus moreleti barnumbrowni are reduced to synonymy. Anolis sagrei mayensis is removed from synonymy. Mabuya brachypoda is recognized. Ameiva undulata hartwegi and A. u. gaigeae interdigitate rather than intergrade. Eleutherodactylus r. rugulosus, Hula picta, Anolis nannodes, Corytophanes hernandesii, Sibon n. nebulata, Micrurus nigrocinctus divaricatus, Bothrops nasutus, and Kinosternon acutum are added to the British Honduras herpetofaunal list. Phrynohyas modesta, Anolis intermedius, Scaphiodontophis annulatus carpicinctus, Bothrops yucatanicus, and Staurotypus salvini are deleted from the list. New records are presented for species whose existence in British Honduras was either recently discovered or inadequately documented: Rhinophrynus dorsalis, Leptodactylus labialis, Hyla microcephala martini, Phrynohyas spilomma, Eumeces schwartzei, Clelia clelia, Elaphe flavirufa pardalina. Oxyrhopus petola aequifasciatus, Tropidodipsas s. sartorii, and Kinosternon c. cruentatum. Natural history notes are presented for 69 species of amphibians and reptiles, and a British Honduras checklist is appended.