Wooded wetlands along the coast of Tabasco, Mexico
Pantanos de Centla
Brown basilisk (toloque rayado) in the Pantanos de Centla
Location map of the Pantanos de Centla
Ecology
Realm
Neotropical
Biome
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Petén–Veracruz moist forests
Usumacinta mangroves,
Yucatan moist forests
Geography
Area
17,028 km2 (6,575 sq mi)
Country
Mexico
States
Campeche
Chiapas
Tabasco
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/endangered
Protected
5,644 km2 (33%)[1]
Designations
Ramsar Wetland
Official name
Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla
Designated
22 June 1995
Reference no.
733[2]
View of the Centla, Tabasco.In "Tres Brazos" the Usumacinta River joins the San Pedrito and Grijalva rivers in the Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve.
The Pantanos de Centla (Centla swamps) are wooded wetlands along the coast in state of Tabasco in Mexico. They have been protected since 2006 with the establishment of the Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve. It is also a World Wildlife Fund ecoregion.
^Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
^"Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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