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This is the Home Page for Mexican Terrestrial Life a website under the Mexican Fauna.org umbrella.  Mexican Terrestrial Life.org became a stand-alone website on March 1, 2024.  It is set up as a .org (as it is most definitely a non-profit) and is one of six stand alone .org websites that cover six basic areas of biological life found in Mexico (Birds, Crabs, Fish, Marine Life, Shells and Terrestrial Life).  Historically the majority of its contents were found within Mexican-fish.com.  It has been put together via the collective efforts of Rachel Garat, who graduated from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix in December 2023, and is currently working as the Coordinator at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska, and John Snow, a nomadic retired well-traveled non-productive beach bum.

The current inventory of known living Mexican Terrestrial Life is vast, poorly organized and there is limited information available in a consolidated location.  The information presented herein was obtained from the public literature including such internet search engines as Google and the ICUN (which is used to obtain the current conservation status of each species.

The current Terrestrial Life inventory within this WWW site includes 89 individual species all of which are found in various locations throughout Mexico of which 12 are currently considered to be Endangered, Threatened or Near Threatened and Vulnerable and 18 are currently ENDEMIC.

Inventory:  Via the links below you can also find a comprehensive list of all Terrestrial Life presented by:

Terrestrial Life (96) – Alphabetical Index by Common Name
Terrestrial Life (96) – Alphabetical Index by Genus and Species
Terrestrial Life (96) – Alphabetical Index by 44 Families
Terrestrial Life (96) – Alphabetical Index by 44 Families with Photographs

For all the Terrestrial Life found within this website each name has been linked to a specific page that has additional photographs of each Terrestrial Life species.

Photographs:  The photographs provided are taken in various locations throughout Mexico with the locations clearly marked.  There are a handful of photographs that were taken in the southwestern United States of that are also permanent Mexican residents or known visitors to Mexico.

A Special THANK YOU to my exceptional photographers that have given us access to their extensive portfolios that have been included within this WWW site:

Dr. Thomas Bartol, Carlsbad, California
Faith Hubsch, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Brad Murakami, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Marina Sutormina, Stockholm, Sweden
Ron Woheau, Zihuantanejo, Guerrero

Other Contributors of Photographs and/or Identifications Include:  Christian Franck, New Westminster, British Columbia; Ian Franck, New Westminster, British Columbia; Bob Hillis, Ivins, Utah; Barry Mastro, Escondido, California; Julie Mikes, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada; Eucine Rousseau, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada; Kyle Rousseau, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada; Sam Rousseau, Raleigh, North Carolina; Carol Snow, Del Mar, California.

Thank you for visiting.  We hope you found this portfolio as interesting and diverse as we have.

Rachel Garat and John T. Snow, Ph.D.