Angolan Herpetological Collection - IICT
Citation
Ceriaco L, Marques M (2018). Angolan Herpetological Collection - IICT. Version 1.1. Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/haef5n accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The Angolan herpetological collections of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT), currently housed in the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC) are part of the scientific collections of the Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal. This set comprises a total of 673 records (673 specimens), representing 65 taxa (20 amphibians and 45 reptiles). These were collected between 1957 and 1972, either by targeted surveys promoted by the IICT or by fortuitous collections and donations by private individuals and researchers.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study covers part of Angola, including 10 of the 18 provinces. The best represented province is Moxico, while there are also some few records from Malanje, Uíge and Bié. The provinces of Zaire, Kwanza Norte, Luanda, Bneguela, Namibe, Cunene, and Cuando Cubango are not represented in the collection . The temporal distribution is mainly concentrated in the decade of 1950s (especially in years 1957, 1958 and 1959).Sampling
The majority of the records of this dataset result from the Missões Apícolas de Angola carried out by the former Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, coordinated by Fernando Frade and José Filipe Lopes do Rosário Nunes between 1957 and 1959. Some of these specimens were previously studied and cited in Manaças (1963, 1973, 1982), Gans (1976) and Ruas (1996, 2000). Other records result from intermittent donations of specimens to the Junta de Investigação Científica do Ultramar from 1957 to 1972 .Quality Control
Information from each specimen was catalogued in an Excel spreadsheet, involving two steps: i) digitization of specimen records; and ii) taxonomic revision and data checking. The authors AMB and DCB also contributed to the taxonomic revision of the specimens, either by direct contact with the specimens or through high- quality digital photographs. Nomenclature was checked through available literature, The Reptile Database [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/], and the Amphibia Species of the World v.6.0 [http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/]. Georeferencing followed the recommendations by Chapman and Wieczorek (2006), including the determination of uncertainty of coordinates, in particular when insufficient information was available from specimens' records and labels to attribute a specific locality (e.g. names of administrative regions, names of rivers, etc.).Method steps
- The herpetological collections were catalogued using the software Microsoft Excel. We conducted extensive shelf surveys to locate all the remaining Angolan specimens of amphibians and reptiles. After locating the specimens, basic curatorial procedures were taken. Each jar was cleaned, and ethanol or formalin was changed to 70% ethanol. In certain cases jars were substituted as they were cracked or were otherwise not reliably sealable. All the information linked to the survinving specimens and/or jars were collected, copied, and linked to the specimen. After completion of curatorial activities, each specimen was identified to the species and/or subspecies level. The identification of the specimens was accomplished by consulting the most updated available literature sources and followed the currently accepted nomenclature. Additionally, the specimens' original information was re-checked at this phase, comparing the label data with surviving original field books and catalgoues, in order to screen for any initial cataloguing errors. The collecting locality for each bibliographic reference was georeferenced using: 1) the published gazetteer of all the vertebrate collections in Angola for all the publications before 1989 (Cabral & Mesquitela 1989), converted to decimal degrees; or 2) following the GPS location available in newer publications, and then also converting to decimal degrees. When no data were available in Cabral & Mesquitela (1989) or in the recent publications, we used "GEOLocate online application" (http://www.museum.tulane.edu/geolocate/) for georeferencing the locality cited . The uncertainty of georeferenced localities was recorded whenever possible. For some records it was not possible to determine the coordinates due to insufficient location information. All coordinates are given in geographic format, decimal degrees, datum WGS 84.
Taxonomic Coverages
The dataset comprises representatives of 24 families, 41 genus, 65 species and one subspecies of Amphibians and Reptiles.
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Amphibiarank: class
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Reptiliarank: class
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Squamatarank: order
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Cheloniirank: order
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Anurarank: order
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Arthroleptidaerank: family
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Brevicipitidaerank: family
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Bufonidaerank: family
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Hemisotidaerank: family
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Hyperoliidaerank: family
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Phrynobatrachidaerank: family
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Pipidaerank: family
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Ptychadenidaerank: family
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Pyxicephalidaerank: family
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Ranidaerank: family
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Agamidaerank: family
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Amphisbaenidaerank: family
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Chamaeleonidaerank: family
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Colubridaerank: family
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Elapidaerank: family
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Gekkonidaerank: family
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Gerrhosauridaerank: family
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Lacertidaerank: family
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Lamprophiidaerank: family
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Natricidaerank: family
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Pelomedusidaerank: family
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Scincidaerank: family
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Typhlopidaerank: family
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Viperidaerank: family
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Arthroleptisrank: genus
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Brevicepsrank: genus
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Poyntonophrynusrank: genus
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Sclerophrysrank: genus
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Hemisusrank: genus
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Hyperoliusrank: genus
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Phrynobatrachusrank: genus
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Hylaranarank: genus
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Ptychadenarank: genus
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Amietiarank: genus
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Xenopusrank: genus
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Acanthocercusrank: genus
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Agamarank: genus
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Dalophiarank: genus
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Zygaspisrank: genus
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Chamaeleorank: genus
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Crotaphopeltisrank: genus
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Dasypeltisrank: genus
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Dispholidusrank: genus
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Boaedonrank: genus
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Psammophisrank: genus
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Philothamnusrank: genus
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Hemidactylusrank: genus
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Gerrhosaurusrank: genus
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Tetradactylusrank: genus
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Ichnotropisrank: genus
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Lycophidionrank: genus
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Psammophylaxrank: genus
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Prosymnarank: genus
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Limnophisrank: genus
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Natriciteresrank: genus
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Pelomedusarank: genus
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Pelusiosrank: genus
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Sepsinarank: genus
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Trachylepisrank: genus
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Lubuyarank: genus
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Panaspisrank: genus
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Varanusrank: genus
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Afrotyphlopsrank: genus
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Caususrank: genus
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Bitisrank: genus
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Arthroleptis stenodactylusrank: species
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Breviceps powerirank: species
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Poyntonophrynus kavangensisrank: species
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Sclerophrys garmanirank: species
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Sclerophrys gutturalisrank: species
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Sclerophrys pusillarank: species
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Hemisus marmoratusrank: species
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Hyperolius sp.rank: species
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Hyperolius angolensisrank: species
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Phrynobatrachus natalensisrank: species
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Xenopus petersiirank: species
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Amietia angolensisrank: species
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Hylarana darlingirank: species
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Ptychadena sp.rank: species
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Ptychadena uzungwensisrank: species
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Ptychadena cf. mascareniensisrank: species
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Ptychadena subpunctatarank: species
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Ptychadena upembaerank: species
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Ptychadena anchietaerank: species
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Ptychadena anchietaerank: species
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Bitis arietansrank: species
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Bitis gabonicarank: species
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Causus rhombeatusrank: species
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Causus bilineatusrank: species
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Varanus niloticusrank: species
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Afrotyphlops sp.rank: species
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Afrotyphlops angolensisrank: species
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Trachylepis bayoniirank: species
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Trachylepis wahlbergiirank: species
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Panaspis sp.rank: species
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Trachylepis monardirank: species
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Trachylepis sp.rank: species
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Lubuya ivensiirank: species
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Sepsina angolensisrank: species
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Pelusios bechuanicusrank: species
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Pelomedusa subrufarank: species
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Limnophis bangweolicusrank: species
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Natriciteres sp.rank: species
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Limnophis bicolorrank: species
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Psammophis mossambicusrank: species
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Psammophylax acutusrank: species
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Boaedon fuliginosusrank: species
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Boaedon sp.rank: species
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Psammophis zambiensisrank: species
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Prosymna angolensisrank: species
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Psammophylax sp.rank: species
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Lycophidion capenserank: species
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Ichnotropis bivittatarank: species
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Gerrhosaurus bulsirank: species
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Tetradactylus ellenbergerirank: species
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Hemidatylus longicephalusrank: species
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Pseudohaje goldiirank: species
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Philothamnus heterolepidotusrank: species
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Dispholidus typusrank: species
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeiarank: species
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Philothamnus angolensisrank: species
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Dipsadoboa shreveirank: species
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Dasypeltis scabrarank: species
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Chamaeleo dilepisrank: species
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Zygaspis nigrarank: species
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Dalophia angolensisrank: species
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Agama sp.rank: species
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Agama schackirank: species
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Agama aculeatarank: species
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Acanthocercus cyanocephalusrank: species
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Dispholidus typus punctatusrank: subspecies
Geographic Coverages
The Republic of Angola (excluding Cabinda enclave)
Bibliographic Citations
- Manaças, S. (1973 “1974”) Alguns ofídeos de Angola. Memórias da Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, 58 (2): 187–200 -
- Manaças, S. (1963) Sáurios de Angola. Memórias da Junta e Investigações do Ultramar, Lisboa, segunda série. Estudos de Zoologia, 43: 223–240 -
- Gans, C. (1976) Three new spade-snouted amphisbaenians from Angola (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). American Museum Novitates 2590: 1–11 -
- Ruas, C. (2002) Batráquios de Angola em coleção no Centro de Zoologia. Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, 24 (1–2): 139 –154 -
- Manaças, S. (1982) Ofídeos venenosos da Guiné, S. Tomé, Angola e Moçambique. Garcia de Orta: Série de Zoologia, 10 (1/2): 13-46. -
- Ruas, C. (1996) Contribuição para o conhecimento da fauna de batráquios de Angola. Garcia da Orta: Série de Zoologia, 21(1): 19-41. -
Contacts
Luis Ceriacooriginator
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
4099-002
Porto
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Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
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Mariana Marques
originator
position: Associated Curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
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Lisboa
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Telephone: 964295925
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Luis Ceriaco
metadata author
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
4099-002
Porto
PT
Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana Marques
metadata author
position: Associated Curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
Luis Ceriaco
curator
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
4099-002
Porto
PT
Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana Marques
curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
Aaron Bauer
author
position: Professor
Villanova University
Villanova
US
David Blackburn
author
position: Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
US
Mathew Heinicke
author
position: Professor
University of Michigan-Dearborn
US
Luis Ceriaco
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
4099-002
Porto
PT
Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana Marques
administrative point of contact
position: Associated Curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632