Herpetofauna specimen preserved at Natural History Museum, Nepal

Sadhana Shrestha; Rosary Karki

doi:10.15468/gdtkeu

Herpetofauna specimen preserved at Natural History Museum, Nepal

Citation

Shrestha S, Karki R, Thapa G (2024). Herpetofauna specimen preserved at Natural History Museum, Nepal. Version 1.5. Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gdtkeu accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

Description

This database consists of 394 specimen of 114 herpetofauna species, preserved in Natural History Museum, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal. The herpetofauna collection in this database includes 324 specimen belonging to class Reptilia, and 69 belonging to class Amphibia. Among the Amphibia, 68 specimen belong to Order Anura, and 1 to Order Caudata. Whereas, among Reptilia, 8 specimen belong to Order Crocodilia, 308 to Squamata and 8 to Testudines. The specimen have been collected from different sources that include personal collections, donations and gifts from various organizations such as Central Zoo of Nepal, and educational institutes like Amrit Science College and Padmakanya College.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Varanidae
rank: family
Testudines
rank: order
Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class
Dicroglossidae
rank: family
Gavialidae
rank: family
Chordata
rank: phylum
Crocodylidae
rank: family
Squamata
rank: order
Bufonidae
rank: family
Trionychidae
rank: family
Boidae
rank: family
Homalopsidae
rank: family
Salamandridae
rank: family
Gekkonidae
rank: family
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Scincidae
rank: family
Microhylidae
rank: family
Typhlopidae
rank: family
Caudata
rank: order
Crocodilia
rank: order
Squamata
rank: order
Testudinidae
rank: family
Rhacophoridae
rank: family
Colubridae
rank: family
Chamaeleonidae
rank: family
Ranidae
rank: family
Viperidae
rank: family
Megophryidae
rank: family
Elapidae
rank: family
Pythonidae
rank: family
Agamidae
rank: family
Anura
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Majority of the specimen have been collected from different regions of South Asia, i.e. Nepal and India.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sadhana Shrestha
originator
position: Student
Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University
Kirtipur
Kathmandu
NP
email: sthasadhana10@gmail.com

Rosary Karki
originator
position: Student
Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University
Chagunarayan
Bhaktapur
NP
email: karkirosary@gmail.com

Ganesh Thapa
metadata author
position: Museum Chief
Natural History Museum of Nepal, Swayambhunath, Nepal
Swayambhu
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
email: ganeshbdr13@gmail.com

Lily Shrestha
reviewer
position: Asia Regional Support Team
GBIF Regional Support Team
Lalitpur
Lalitpur
Bagmati
NP
email: lshrestha@gbif.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4540-723X

Devendra Maharjan
administrative point of contact
position: Technical Staff
Natural History Museum of Nepal
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP