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Ecología Aplicada

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PRAVATINER, Manuel Choy  and  PIPERIS, Roberto Elías. Herpetological records from La Molina Ecological Park, Lima, Peru. Ecol. apl. [online]. 2022, vol.21, n.2, pp.113-118.  Epub Jan 06, 2023. ISSN 1726-2216.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21704/rea.v21i2.1963.

The goal of this research was to evaluate and record the herpetological species inhabiting the La Molina Ecological Park. This is a natural area forming part of the Villa María del Triunfo hill system, despite being in the district of La Molina in Lima. We recorded five reptiles from the Order Squamata: two snakes, Bothrops pictus (Viperidae Family) and Dipsas willamsi (Colubridae Family); and three saurians, Phyllodactylus lepidopygus (Gekkonidae Family), Microlophus tigris and Microlophussp. (Family Tropiduridae). All five species had previously documented to occur in the department of Lima, with M. tigris (n = 31/64) and P. lepidopygus (n = 29/64) being the most abundant. Out of the five species reported in this study, two species (B. pictus and P. lepidopygus) are classified as Vulnerable (VU) and one (M. tigris) as Near Threatened (NT) by the Peruvian Government.

Keywords : La Molina; reptiles; coastal lomas; Order Squamata.

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