Plectrohyla hartwegi – field notes from Coban
Plectrohyla hartwegi This treefrog is critically endangered and is known from a disjunct distribution in the highlands of Guatemala and Mexico. This record is possibly the first record from the department of Alta Verapaz and represents a significant range extension....
Ninia pavimentata – field notes from Coban
Ninia pavimentata This snake is little known and found from a disjunct distribution in the highlands of Guatemala and Honduras. This is the first record from this region of Alta Verapaz. – cheers RowlandBothriechis aurifer – field notes from Coban
Bothriechis aurifer Known locally Rax K’aj (green lightning) is listed as vulnerable with a declining population. We searched high (up to 1950m above sea level) and low for this snake and only found one individual that was caught by a local Quecchi man. –...
Plectrohyla teuchestes – spikethumb frogs on the brink of extinction
In 2015 Indigo Expeditions led its first conservation expedition to the cloud forests of Alta Verapaz, in the highlands of Guatemala. We didn’t expect to encounter one of Central America’s most endangered frogs – Plectrohyla teuchestes, otherwise known as the Alta Verapaz spikethumb frog.
