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16 July 1965
Las Guas, Costa Rica
(O.T.S.)
CENTRAL AMERICAN ZOOGEOGRAPHY
(HERPS)
- JAY SAVAGE
1. E. lowland (Herpetofauna)
Atlantic coastal region (Yucatan to Pan C.R. border)
lowland, mesic forest types
2. W. lowland Herpet.
(San Jose - San Vire, C.R.) xeric environ.
3. Upland fauna
Chiapas, Guatemala + disjunct in Nicaragua)
4. S. Highland fauna
(C.N.+S.C.R. - e.g. Charidi)
5. W. S. American fauna to Veracruz
(Ecuador - Colombia passing Pacific to Atlantic
versant 3080. up wet environ meets E. lowland,
in Panama
(foothills of W. Guatemala & up faunas isolated +
Colto Dulce
characteristic of
Atlantic faunas.
6. N. South America (chain of Venezuela + Colombia
junction @ Golfo Dulce
C.R.
Gulfo
Dulce
Buena