Open AccessThe southernmost known locality for Kinosternon leucostomum (Reptilia, Testudines, Kinosternidae), El Oro province, southern Ecuador
Author(s) -
Dan Cogălniceanu,
Jerónimo TorresPorras,
José Manuel Seoane,
Cristobal Antonio Freire Lascano
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/11.1.1549
Subject(s) - geography , altitude (triangle) , zoology , ecology , biology , mathematics , geometry
An adult female Kinosternon leucostomum was found in Buenaventura Forest Reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador, on 1 August 2014 at an altitude of 523 m above sea level. This is the first report for this species in the province and is about 130 km south of the previously southernmost known location.
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