Much of the news coverage surrounding the year 2000 turnover of the canal to Panama
focused on a concern that was raised in the scientific literature 20 years ago: Clearing the …

The South American genus Atractus barely enters political North America on the eastern half
of the Isthmus of Panama, where it is extraordinarily rare. Collected over a period of 39 …

This study examined the expected spending patterns of cruise ship passengers as they
debarked ships at ports within the Panama Canal Watershed. Results suggest that targeting …

The area that surrounds the Panama Canal, known as the Panama Canal Watershed (PCW)
encompasses approximately 283,000 hectares of land that is home to some of the most …

Based on morphological and molecular data, we describe three new species of the genus
Lepidoblepharis with granular dorsals from Panama (Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule sp …

Six species of giant alpha anoles of the genus Dactyloa are known to occur in western
Panama: Dactyloa casildae, D. frenata, D. ibanezi, D. insignis, D. kunayalae, and D …

We review the systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex in Central America and
northern South America and recognize three species. The names D. nuchale (W. Peters) …

Snakes previously referred to Dendrophidion vinitor from southern Mexico to eastern
Panama comprise three sibling species primarily distinguishable by substantial differences …

Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope) is redefined on the basis of standard and new
characters to distinguish it from two new South American species with which it has …

Dipsas nicholsi has been known from a handful of specimens collected during the final three-
quarters of the 20th century. All came from a restricted lowland area (60–150 m) in central …