Characteristics of reptiles and amphibians

Amphibians and reptiles of mexico

This list of reptiles of Cuba is derived from The Reptile Database which includes a total of 167 species of reptiles recorded in Cuba,[1] which are grouped into 3 orders and 21 families, and include snakes (40 species), lizards (118 species), crocodiles (3 species) and turtles (6 species).

The emydids (Emydidae) are a family of carnivorous aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles. They live most of the time in ponds, reservoirs and rivers, going to land when they have to find suitable laying sites. This family is made up of 10 genera containing more than 50 species. One of them occurs in Cuba.

Alligatoridae (Alligatoridae) is a family of crocodilian sauropsids (reptiles) native to the Americas (with the exception of one species), commonly known as alligators, caimans and caimans. It includes the extant genera Alligator, Caiman, Melanosuchus and Paleosuchus, as well as numerous extinct genera. Of the 7 species that inhabit the Americas, 1 occurs in Cuba.

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Tim Halliday es profesor emérito de biología en la Open University del Reino Unido. La especialidad académica del profesor Halliday era el estudio de tritones, sapos y ranas. Investiga el declive de las poblaciones de anfibios en todo el mundo. Fue el consultor de anfibios de Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide, que la revista Outside calificó de "la referencia zoológica definitiva".

Tim Halliday es profesor emérito de biología en la Open University del Reino Unido. La especialidad académica del profesor Halliday era el estudio de tritones, sapos y ranas. Investiga el declive de las poblaciones de anfibios en todo el mundo. Fue el consultor de anfibios de Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide, que la revista Outside calificó de "la referencia zoológica definitiva".

Identification guide of amphibians and reptiles of mexico.

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In the world there are more than 50 species known as mangrove, Mexico is among the five countries with the greatest extension of mangroves, distributed in the 17 coastal states of the country, which represents 5 percent of the world's total coverage.

Mexico's four mangrove species are: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), mangrove prieto (Avicennia germinans) and mangrove botoncillo (Conocarpus erectus).

Well-conserved mangroves have a large amount of permanent biomass. Biomass is all matter that comes from life, such as leaf litter, sludge, wood, among others; because of this, they store large amounts of carbon.

This ecosystem provides very important environmental services for humans, they function as natural barriers that stop erosion, help maintain sand on beaches, control flooding, protect against hurricanes and storms, capture carbon and generate nutrients for other ecosystems.