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Amphibians
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Notes
Order
Family
Species
Amphibia
Gymnophiona
Caecilidae; caecilians
Gymnopis syntrema (Cope) x
Caudata
Plethodontidae; lungless salamanders
Bolitoglossa dofleini (Werner) x
Bolitoglossa mexicana (Duméril & Bibron) x x x
Bolitoglossa occidentalis Taylor   ? Similar to B. rufescens. Based on specimens collected on Doyle's Delight by J. Lee.
Bolitoglossa odonnelli Stuart   ? Similar to B. mexicana. Based on specimens collected on Doyle's Delight by J. Lee.
Bolitoglossa rufescens (Cope) x x
Bolitoglossa yucatana (Peters) x
Cryptotriton sp.? x Unidentified dwarf salamander collected in 1991. Reported by P. J. Stafford.
Oedipina elongata (Schmidt) x x
Anura
Rhinophrynidae; burrowing toads
Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Duméril & Bibron) x x x x x x
Leptodactylidae; rain frogs
Eleutherodactylus chac Savage x x x
Eleutherodactylus laticeps (Duméril 1853) x x x
Eleutherodactylus leprus (Cope) x x
Eleutherodactylus psephosypharus Campbell, Savage & Meyer x x
Eleutherodactylus rhodopsis (Cope 1806) x x
Eleutherodactylus sandersoni (Schmidt 1941) ?
Eleutherodactylus sabrinus (Campbell & Savage 2000) ?
Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi 1877) x x x x x x
Leptodactylus melanonotus (Hallowell) x x x x x x
Physalaemus pustulosus (Cope) x
Bufonidae; toads
Bufo campbelli Mendelson x x
Bufo marinus L. x x x x x x
Bufo valliceps Wiegman x x x x x x
Hylidae; tree frogs
Agalychnis callidryas (Cope) x x x x x x
Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril) x
Hyla bromeliacia Schmidt x
Hyla ebraccata Cope x x
Hyla loquax Gaige & Stuart x x x x x x
Hyla microcephala Cope x x x x x x
Hyla valancifer Firschein and Smith x
Hyla picta (Günther) x x x x x x
Phrynohyas venulosa (Laurenti) x x x x x ?
Scinax staufferi (Cope) x x x x x x
Smilisca baudini (Duméril & Bibron) x x x x x x
Smilisca cyanosticta (Smith) x x
Triprion petasatus (Cope) x x x
Centrolenidae; glass frogs
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger) x ? x
Microhylidae; sheep frogs
Gastrophryne elegans (Boulenger) x x x x
Hypopachus variolosus (Cope) x x ? x ? ?
Ranidae; True frogs
Rana berlandieri Baird x x x x x x
Rana juliani Hills & De Sa x ? x
Rana vaillanti Brocchi x x x x x

Literature:

Lee, J. C. , 1996, The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. , Comstock Publ. Assoc., Ithaca, New York.

Lee, J. C. , 2000, A field guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World.,  Comstock Publ. Assoc., Ithaca, New York. 402 pp.

Meyer, J. R. & C. Farneti Foster,, 1996, A Guide to the Frogs and Toads of Belize, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 80 pp.

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