867 terrestrial ecoregions have been described. Mexico has been divided into 51 ecoregions (Level III) and is the country with most ecoregions in Latin America (191).
Number I
Ecoregions level I
Number II
Ecoregions level II
9
Great plains
9.6
Semi-arid great plains of Texas &Tamaulipas
10
North American deserts
10.2
Hot deserts
11
California mediterranean
11.1
California mediterranean
12
Semi-arid southern uplands
12.1
Foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental
12.2
Mexican altiplano
13
Temperate mountains
13.2
Sierra Madre Occidental
13.3
Sierra Madre Oriental
13.4
Neovolcanic Transversal system
13.5
Sierra Madre del Sur
13.6
Central American Sierra Madre & Highlands of Chiapas