Cozumel Island
Basic information
Sample name: Cozumel Island

Reference: C. A. López-Gonzalez and A. Gonzalez-Romero. 1997. The lizard community from Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 72:27-33 [ER 278]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Quintana Roo

Coordinate: 20° 22' 30" N, 87° 55' 0" W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on ranges given in text

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MAP: 1505.0

Habitat comments: "tropical semideciduous forest" in general with sampling of beach, coastal scrub, coconut plantation, mangrove forest, low flooded forest, and tropical semideciduous forest habitats
climate data based on McFadden et al. (2009, Biodivers Conserv)

Methods
Life forms: lizards

Sites: 19

Sampling methods: line transect, hand capture

Sample size: 384 individuals

Years: 1985, 1986, 1990

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 19 500 to 700 m long transects
combination of sight records and captures "by hand or with rubber bands"

Metadata
Sample no: 554

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-25 20:06:12

Modified: 2014-08-22 03:07:04

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 384
geometric series index: 9.5
Fisher's α: 1.65
geometric series k: 0.7275
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8312
Shannon's H: 1.925
Good's u: 1
Register
Aristelliger georgeensis 5
Anolis rodriguezii 55
Anolis sagrei 102
Basiliscus vittatus 54
Ctenosaura similis 41
Iguana iguana 8
Sceloporus cozumelae 19
Mabuya unimarginata 24
Aspidoscelis cozumelus 76
"Cnemidophorus cozumel"