• Thumbnail for Sierra de los Tuxtlas
    The Sierra de Los Tuxtlas (Tuxtlas Mountains) are a volcanic belt and mountain range along the southeastern Veracruz Gulf coast in Eastern Mexico. The...
    5 KB (494 words) - 06:19, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Los Tuxtlas
    Los Tuxtlas is a region in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Politically it refers to four municipalities: Catemaco, San Andrés Tuxtla, Santiago...
    26 KB (3,374 words) - 19:12, 16 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Olmec colossal heads
    the monuments are often flat. The boulders were brought from the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas mountains of Veracruz. Given that the extremely large slabs of stone...
    89 KB (11,284 words) - 06:06, 6 October 2024
  • The Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve or Biósfera Los Tuxtlas, is a biosphere reserve located in the coastal and higher elevations of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas...
    2 KB (98 words) - 18:11, 2 March 2021
  • Dynastes moroni is a large scarab beetle endemic to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region in Mexico. This beetle species was originally described as a subspecies...
    1 KB (130 words) - 14:30, 9 December 2023
  • Tuxtla, Veracruz Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas Other Los Tuxtlas, region of Veracruz Sierra de los Tuxtlas, mountain range in Veracruz Tuxtla Statuette, early...
    492 bytes (95 words) - 16:24, 25 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Olmecs
    swampy lowlands punctuated by low hills, ridges, and volcanoes. The Sierra de los Tuxtlas rises sharply in the north, along the Gulf of Mexico's Bay of Campeche...
    78 KB (9,186 words) - 04:23, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laguna Catemaco
    Laguna Catemaco (Spanish: Laguna de Catemaco) is a freshwater lake located at the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in south central Veracruz near the...
    8 KB (921 words) - 19:34, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Petén–Veracruz moist forests
    although the montane forests of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas and the flooded forests and wetlands of the Pantanos de Centla constitute distinct ecoregions...
    7 KB (540 words) - 17:19, 5 April 2022
  • the edge of extinction of the two monkey species resident in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas. Raver, Anne (20 June 2002). "NATURE; With Dinner, a Fern Course"...
    1 KB (100 words) - 17:14, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lepidophyma tuxtlae
    It is a small lizard found in Mexico. It is native to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas in coastal Veracruz and south and west into northern Oaxaca, southern...
    1 KB (104 words) - 17:16, 10 February 2023
  • Hylidae. It is endemic to the slopes of the San Martin Tuxtla volcano, in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas range in southern Veracruz state, Mexico. Its natural...
    2 KB (111 words) - 17:21, 10 February 2023
  • in the Sierra de Juárez and Sierra Mixe in the northern Oaxacan highlands; there is also a questionable record from the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz...
    4 KB (413 words) - 21:55, 3 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Santiago Tuxtla
    about 260 km from the state capital of Xalapa. It is part of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas Region, a somewhat mountainous area created by volcanic activity...
    16 KB (1,639 words) - 00:56, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sontecomapan Lagoon
    (Laguna Sontecomapan also Laguna de Sontecomapan) occupies an alluvial plain in the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, 18°33′N 95°1′W / 18.550°N 95...
    2 KB (174 words) - 15:20, 18 July 2018
  • Thumbnail for Coatzacoalcos
    Tuxtla is an active volcano lying northwest of Coatzcoalcos in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas. It erupted in 1664, in May 1793 with large ash falls and lava flows...
    24 KB (1,734 words) - 08:55, 22 October 2024
  • family Gomphidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas of southern Veracruz state. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
    1 KB (109 words) - 00:54, 30 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Metlapilcoatlus
    from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology. 55(2): 81-191. June 2021 March DDH. 1929. Notes on Bothrops nummifera, mano de piedra...
    8 KB (770 words) - 22:21, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Montepío
    Montepío (category Los Tuxtlas)
    of two of the smaller rivers draining Volcano San Martin Tuxtla in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, the village is a vacation resort for mostly Mexican visitors...
    919 bytes (79 words) - 16:10, 27 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Rheohyla
    Rheohyla (category Fauna of Los Tuxtlas)
    of habitats and vegetation zones in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, and Sierra de los Tuxtlas at elevations of 350–2,000 m (1,150–6,560 ft)...
    8 KB (673 words) - 16:40, 3 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Quercus corrugata
    Quercus corrugata (category Flora of Los Tuxtlas)
    in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental of Hidalgo, Veracruz, and Puebla states through the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Chiapas Highlands...
    4 KB (220 words) - 11:30, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Veracruz
    six regions called Sotavento, Centro Norte, Centro Sur, Sierra, Costa Norte, and Los Tuxtlas. The Sotovento area is in the south of the state, and the...
    120 KB (14,148 words) - 21:40, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Quercus skinneri
    Quercus skinneri (category Flora of Los Tuxtlas)
    coastal Sierra de los Tuxtlas of Veracruz and the Chiapas Highlands and Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Chiapas, and scattered sites in the eastern Sierra Madre...
    3 KB (266 words) - 05:45, 20 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for San Juan River (Veracruz)
    the Hueyapan River, which drains the southwestern slopes of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, before emptying into the lower Papaloapan. List of rivers of Mexico...
    2 KB (125 words) - 19:11, 28 November 2023
  • Magnolia zamudioi (category Flora of Los Tuxtlas)
    western end of the Chiapas Highlands of Chiapas, and in the coastal Sierra de los Tuxtlas in southern Veracruz. In Tecpatán is abundant around the summit...
    3 KB (321 words) - 14:10, 23 December 2023
  • Magnolia mexicana (category Flora of Los Tuxtlas)
    gulfward-facing slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, and in the coastal Sierra de los Tuxtlas, in the states of Puebla, Veracruz...
    7 KB (866 words) - 20:47, 9 April 2024
  • Craugastor vulcani (category Endemic fauna of Los Tuxtlas)
    endemic to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas range in southern Veracruz state, Mexico. Its name refers to its type locality on the San Martin Tuxtla volcano. Common...
    4 KB (414 words) - 15:40, 3 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Emerald toucanet
    The subspecies of emerald toucanet are found thus: A. p. warneri, Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in southeastern Mexico's Veracruz state A. p. prasinus, eastern...
    11 KB (1,305 words) - 03:08, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tuxtla quail-dove
    breast. The Tuxtla quail-dove is found only on two volcanoes in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas of southeastern Mexico's Veracruz state, Volcán de San Martín...
    4 KB (378 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hurricane Stan
    areas near the Guatemalan border. Some 100,000 inhabitants of the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region on the Gulf Coast were evacuated from their homes, and incidents...
    30 KB (3,405 words) - 23:50, 30 September 2024