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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 13, No. 2, pp. 19-72, pls. 1-8, 3 figs.
August 16, 1960
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1960
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 13, No. 2, pp. 19-72, pls. 1-8, 3 figs.
August 16, 1960
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1960
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Robert W. Wilson
Volume 13, No. 2, pp. 19-72, pls. 1-8, 3 figs. Published August 16, 1960
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED IN THE STATE PRINTING PLANT TOPEKA, KANSAS 1960
28-3859
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN
CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION 21 Acknowledgments 23 Field Studies in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec 23 Sources of Material 24
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC 25 Physiography 25 Climate 28 Vegetation 29 The Sierra de los Tuxtlas 32
GAZETTEER 33
THE AMPHIBIAN FAUNA OF THE LOWLANDS 37 Composition of the Fauna 37 Ecology of the Fauna 38 Distribution of the Fauna 42
THE AMPHIBIAN FAUNA OF THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS 44
ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENT PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION 45
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