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The article describes observation of the diet of an adult male Porthidium yucatanicum or Yucatán Hog-nosed Pitviper that was found south of the Maya Archaeological Zone of Kabáh, Municipality of Santa Elena, Yucatán on Movember 26, 2019 and whose fecal sample showed that its prey correspond to Cryptotis mayensis.

The article discusses the geographical distribution of the species Eleutherodactylus Planirostris, known as Greenhouse Frog, located in Mexico.

The article presents observation of the diet of an adult male Agkistrodon bilineatus or Common cantil that regurgitated a partially digested juvenile Heloderma horridum and a squamate egg when it was captured in the Municipality of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico on July 19, 2021.

The article describes observations of the arboreal escape behavior of an adult male Sceloporus Chrysostictus or yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard that was found in a semi-humid tropical forest surrounded by patches of farmland in the Ejido X-Kobenhaltún, Oxkutzcab, YucatÅn, Mexico on August 25, 2016. The researchers report the tree climbing behavior of the lizard and its motionless states upon sensing their approach. They suggest the specie's rare use of a tree as an escape refuge.

The article offers information on snake specie Tropidodipsas sartorii. It mentions that it is a medium-sized dipsadid snake that occurs from Nuevo León and Oaxaca, Mexico, southward, including the Yucatán Peninsula, to northwestern Costa Rica. It also mention that the light rings in young snakes are white, cream, or yellowish and become yellow-orange, orange, or reddish-orange as the snake matures.