Protected Species of Jalisco

Documented at Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on Jalisco's Pacific coast. Mexico's largest wild cat.

Recorded in northern Jalisco (Bolanos) and Chamela-Cuixmala reserve. Nocturnal and secretive.

Found in tropical dry forests and scrublands of Jalisco. Small, slender wild cat with uniform coloring.

Inhabits tropical and subtropical forests in southern Jalisco. Arboreal anteater with prehensile tail.

Widespread apex predator at Chamela-Cuixmala. Not NOM-059 listed but ecologically critical in Jalisco.

Jalisco hosts Mexico's second-largest population in the Nayarit-Jalisco Pacific corridor. Active conservation near Bahia de Banderas.

Endemic to Mexico's Pacific slope. Highest abundance in Sinaloa, Jalisco, and Michoacan.

Pine-oak forests of Sierra Madre Occidental including northern Jalisco highlands. Depends on old-growth pine for nesting.

Mexico's national symbol. Occurs in Jalisco highlands and open country above 1,500m elevation.

Iconic venomous lizard of western Mexico dry forests. One of only two venomous lizard genera in the world.

Found at Rio Tomatlan, Estero La Manzanilla, and around Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco.

Nests on Jalisco's Pacific beaches. Active conservation programs protect nesting sites near Sayulita.

Endemic to western Mexico. Large rattlesnake documented across Jalisco's diverse landscapes from coast to highlands.

Found only at Sierra de Quila, ~100km south of Guadalajara at 2,165m elevation in pine-oak forest. On the verge of extinction.

Pine-oak forest streams in western Sierra Madre including Jalisco. Named for the Tarahumara people of the region.

Distributed along the Neovolcanic axis from Jalisco to State of Mexico at 1,400-2,500m elevation.

Tiny (26-28mm) bright green frog found in Jalisco's pine-oak and tropical dry forests.

Documented at Sierra de Quila in pine-oak forest. Named for its distinctive barking call.