Mexico
Checklist of Endemic Vertebrate Genera
This list of vertebrate genera found exclusively in Mexico is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005) for mammals, Dickinson (2003) for birds, the EMBL Reptile Database (2005) for reptiles, Frost (2004) for amphibians, and FishBase 2004 (2004) for fishes. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Tlacuatzin 1 spp. (Mammal Didelphimorphia Didelphidae)
Romerolagus 1 spp. (Mammal Lagomorpha Leporidae)
Megasorex 1 spp. (Mammal Soricomorpha Soricidae)
Musonycteris 1 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Phyllostomidae)
Pappogeomys 2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Geomyidae)
Zygogeomys 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Geomyidae)
Hodomys 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Megadontomys 3 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Nelsonia 2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Neotomodon 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Osgoodomys 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Xenomys 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Cricetidae)
Philortyx 1 spp. (Bird Odontophoridae)
Rhynchopsitta 2 spp. (Bird Psittacidae)
Deltarhynchus 1 spp. (Bird Tyrannidae)
Hylorchilus 2 spp. (Bird Troglodytidae)
Mimodes 1 spp. (Bird Mimidae)
Ridgwayia 1 spp. (Bird Turdidae)
Xenospiza 1 spp. (Bird Emberizidae)
Oriturus 1 spp. (Bird Emberizidae)
Rhodothraupis 1 spp. (Bird Cardinalidae)
Bipes 4 spp. (Reptile Squamata Amphisbaena Bipedidae)
Barisia 4 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Anguidae)
Anelytropsis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Dibamidae)
Sator 2 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Phrynosomatidae)
Adelophis 2 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Conopsis 6 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Cryophis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Eridiphas 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Geagras 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Manolepis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Pseudoficimia 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Pseudoleptodeira 2 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Rhadinophanes 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Symphimus 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Sympholis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Tantalophis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Colubridae)
Exiliboa 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Tropidophiidae)
Ophryacus 2 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes Viperidae)
Pachymedusa 1 spp. (Amphibian Anura Hylidae)
Chiropterotriton 12 spp. (Amphibian Caudata Plethodontidae)
Ixalotriton 2 spp. (Amphibian Caudata Plethodontidae)
Lineatriton 3 spp. (Amphibian Caudata Plethodontidae)
Parvimolge 1 spp. (Amphibian Caudata Plethodontidae)
Thorius 23 spp. (Amphibian Caudata Plethodontidae)
Chirostoma 20 spp. (Freshwater Fish Atherinopsidae)
Poblana 4 spp. (Freshwater Fish Atherinopsidae)
Paraneetroplus 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cichlidae)
Algansea 6 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae)
Evarra 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae)
Stypodon 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae)
Yuriria 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae)
Cualac 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinodontidae)
Megupsilon 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinodontidae)
Allodontichthys 4 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Alloophorus 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Allotoca 7 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Ameca 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Ataeniobius 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Chapalichthys 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Characodon 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Girardinichthys 2 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Goodea 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Hubbsina 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Ilyodon 5 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Neoophorus 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Skiffia 4 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Xenoophorus 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Xenotaenia 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Xenotoca 3 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Zoogoneticus 2 spp. (Freshwater Fish Goodeidae)
Prietella 2 spp. (Freshwater Fish Ictaluridae)
Priapella 4 spp. (Freshwater Fish Poeciliidae)
Millerichthys 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Rivulidae)
Phthanophaneron 1 spp. (Marine Fish Anomalopidae)
Colpichthys 2 spp. (Marine Fish Atherinopsidae)
Cirriemblemaria 1 spp. (Marine Fish Chaenopsidae)
Pherallodiscus 2 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Aruma 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiidae)
Robinsichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiidae)
Exerpes 1 spp. (Marine Fish Labrisomidae)
Xenomedea 1 spp. (Marine Fish Labrisomidae)
Leuropharus 1 spp. (Marine Fish Ophichthidae)
Crocodilichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Additional vertebrate genera described or recognized too recently to be included in the sources listed above include the following:
Charadrahyla 5 spp. (Amphibian Anura Hylidae) 2005
Diaglena 1 spp. (Amphibian Anura Hylidae)
Megastomatohyla 4 spp. (Amphibian Anura Hylidae) 2005
Tampichthys 6 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cyprinidae) 2008
Lacantunia 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Lacantuniidae) 2005