FIRST RECORD OF THE MEXICAN CAECILIAN, Dermophis mexicanus (DERMOPHIIDAE), IN COSTA RICA

This note provides the first record of the Mexican caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) in Costa Rica. The known distribution of this species covered from southeastern Mexico to central Nicaragua. The morphological and genetic review of an individual found in Cóbano, Puntarenas, on the Nicoya Peninsula confirms its presence in Costa Rica and increases the distribution of the species 260 km to the south.