Thorius munificus, Hanken & Wake, 1998

Torres-Hernández, Lizzeth A., Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio, Cruz-Elizalde, Raciel, Hernández-Salinas, Uriel, Berriozabal-Islas, Christian, DeSantis, Dominic L., Johnson, Jerry D., Rocha, Arturo, García-Padilla, Elí, Mata-Silva, Vicente, Fucsko, Lydia Allison & Wilson, Larry David, 2021, The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 285) 15 (2), pp. 72-155 : 142-143

Thorius munificus ** (SMO)

Thorius spilogaster ** (TVB) Notophthalmus meridionalis (GCL, SMO) Gerrhonotus ophiurus* (SMO, TVB) Ophisaurus incomptus* (TVB) Laemanctus longipes (GCL, TVB) Norops alvarezdeltoroi* (GCL)

Norops compressicauda* (GCL)

Norops cymbops* (SMO, TVB)

Norops naufragus* (SMO)

Norops purpuronectes* (GCL)

Celestus legnotus* (SMO)

Celestus rozellae (GCL)

Holbrookia propinqua (GCL)

Sceloporus aureolus* (SMO)

Sceloporus cyanogenys (SMO) Plestiodon tetragrammus (SMO) Gonatodes albogularis (GCL) Lepidophyma sylvaticum* (GCL, SMO) Lepidophyma zongolica* (SMO, TVB) Xenosaurus rectocollaris* (SMO) Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus* (SMO) Conopsis acuta* (GCL)

Conopsis nasus* (SMO, TVB)

Ficimia streckeri (GCL, SMO) Lampropeltis triangulum (GCL) Leptophis ahaetulla (GCL) Masticophis flagellum (GCL) Masticophis schotti (GCL, SMO) Pantherophis emoryi (GCL, SMO) Pituophis lineaticollis (SMO, TVB) Salvadora grahamiae (SMO, TVB) Stenorrhina freminvillii (TVB)

Tantilla bocourti* (SMO, TVB)

Tantilla shawi* (SMO)

Adelphicos visoninum (GCL)

Diadophis punctatus (SMO, TVB)

Geophis bicolor* (TVB)

Geophis chalybeus ** (SMO)

Geophis lorancai* (SMO, TVB)

Geophis mutitorques* (SMO)

Rhadinaea cuneata* (GCL, SMO, TVB)

Rhadinaea marcellae* (SMO)

Rhadinaea quinquelineata* (SMO)

Rhadinella schistosa* (SMO)

Micrurus tener (SMO)

Rena dulcis (GCL, SMO)

Rena myopica* (GCL, SMO)

Nerodia rhombifer (GCL, SMO, TVB)

Storeria storerioides* (SMO, TVB)

Thamnophis conanti* (SMO)

Thamnophis cyrtopsis (SMO)

Thamnophis marcianus (SMO, TVB)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus* (SMO)

Thamnophis scaliger* (TVB)

Agkistrodon taylori* (GCL, SMO)

Cerrophidion petlalcalensis* (SMO, TVB)

Crotalus aquilus* (TVB)

Crotalus atrox (GCL)

Crotalus polystictus* (TVB)

Crotalus totonacus* (SMO, TVB)

Dermatemys mawii (GCL)

Terrapene mexicana* (GCL)

Trachemys venusta (GCL)

Kinosternon flavescens (GCL)

Gopherus berlandieri (GCL)

Forty-nine of these 93 species (52.7%) are country endemics, 13 (14.0%) are state endemics, and 31 (33.3%) are non-endemics. Thus, 62 species (66.7%) are endemic, but are not represented within the protected areas of the state.

Additional surveys are necessary to determine which of these 93 species might be located in one or more of the existing protected areas, and which would require protection in newly-established areas. The numbers of these species recorded in the four physiographic regions of the state are as follows: GCL (35), SLT (0), SMO (57), and TVB (38). Interestingly, the largest proportion of these 93 species that are not represented in existing protected areas is in the SMO (61.3%), a region that currently does not contain any designated protected areas. This fact provides an additional reason why protected areas should be established in the limited portion of the state occupied by elements of the SMO.