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Amphibia collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Dataset homepage

Citation

Ceríaco L (2016). Amphibia collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qe8u2w accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-19.

Description

The Amphibia collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, comprises about 980 accessions, corresponding to about 3500 specimens. The majority of the specimens were collected and entered in the collection in 1980s and 1990s, after the catastrophic fire that destroyed almost all the zoological collections of the former Museu Bocage in 1978. The majority of the specimens (largely Portuguese fauna) came from field works and studies by researcher and students from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Other material refers to donations from other European, South American and North American institutions. Recent field work in Africa is starting new collections from the former Portuguese colonies of São Tomé e Príncipe and Mozambique. A considerable collection of the invasive African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis Daudin, 1803) constitutes the largest series of the collection, comprising almost one third of the collection. Despite being small, the amphibians collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, is the largest in the country, and one of the largest in the world, regarding Portuguese amphibian fauna.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This dataset contains data from an amphibian collection that includes specimens from many different origins and studies. Includes data from scientific/biodiversity studies as well as specimens from occasional collection.

Sampling

This dataset contains data from an Amphibian collection that includes specimens from many different origins and studies. There was not a common sampling method for all the specimens.

Quality Control

Specimens were checked individually and all the data available in the catalog and data sheets for each specimen was confirmed and digitized

Method steps

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Taxonomic Coverages

This collection covers all the species of the class Amphibia, both native and introduced, that occur in the Portuguese territory - comprising six species of Urodela, from the Salamandridae family, and 12 species of Anura, from the following families: Discoglossidae, Pelobatidae, Pelodytidae, Bufonidae, Hylidae and Ranidae. Other European, North American, South American and African taxa are also present.
  1. Bufo spinosus
    rank: species
  2. Epidalea calamita
    rank: species
  3. Rana iberica
    rank: species
  4. Pelophylax perezi
    rank: species
  5. Pelodytes punctatus
    rank: species
  6. Alytes cisternasii
    rank: species
  7. Alytes obstetricans
    rank: species
  8. Discoglossus galganoi
    rank: species
  9. Hyla molleri
    rank: species
  10. Hyla meridionalis
    rank: species
  11. Chioglossa lusitanica
    rank: species
  12. Pleurodeles waltl
    rank: species
  13. Salamandra salamandra
    rank: species
  14. Lissotriton boscai
    rank: species
  15. Triturus marmoratus
    rank: species
  16. Triturus helveticus
    rank: species
  17. Xenopus laevis
    rank: species
  18. Pelobates cultripes
    rank: species
  19. Amphibia
    rank: class
  20. Urodela
    rank: order
  21. Anura
    rank: order
  22. Hyperolius molleri
    rank: species
  23. Phrynobatrachus dispar
    rank: species
  24. Phrynobatrachus natalensis
    rank: species
  25. Pyxicephalus adspersus
    rank: species
  26. Afrixalus morerei
    rank: species
  27. Sclerophrys
    rank: genus
  28. Hildebrandtia
    rank: genus
  29. Schistometopum thomense
    rank: species
  30. Gymnophiona
    rank: order
  31. Leptopelis palmatus
    rank: species
  32. Scinax nasicus
    rank: species
  33. Rhinella arenarum
    rank: species
  34. Hypsiboas pulchellus
    rank: species
  35. Leptopelis viridis
    rank: species
  36. Mesotriton alpestris apuanus
    rank: subspecies
  37. Bufo viridis
    rank: species
  38. Rhinella spinulosa
    rank: species
  39. Rana catesbeiana
    rank: species
  40. Hyla savignyi
    rank: species
  41. Chiromantis kelleri
    rank: species
  42. Bufotes boulengeri
    rank: species
  43. Bufo mauritanicus
    rank: species
  44. Bombina pachypus
    rank: species
  45. Ptychadena anchietae
    rank: species
  46. Rana graeca
    rank: species
  47. Pelophylax esculentus
    rank: species
  48. Euproctus montanus
    rank: species
  49. Speleomantes italicus gormani
    rank: subspecies
  50. Speleomantes imperialis imperialis
    rank: subspecies
  51. Triturus carnifex
    rank: species
  52. Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis
    rank: subspecies
  53. Salamandrina terdigitata
    rank: species
  54. Calotriton asper
    rank: species
  55. Alytes muletensis
    rank: species
  56. Pseudacris triseriata
    rank: species
  57. Desmognathus quadramaculatus
    rank: species
  58. Ambystoma maculatum
    rank: species
  59. Notophtalmus viridescens
    rank: species
  60. Taricha granulosa
    rank: species
  61. Desmognathus quadramaculatus
    rank: species
  62. Anaxyrus boreas
    rank: species
  63. Pseudacris crucifer
    rank: species
  64. Hyla arenicolor
    rank: species
  65. Pseudacris regilla
    rank: species
  66. Hyla versicolor
    rank: species
  67. Anaxyrus woodhousii
    rank: species
  68. Anaxyrus americanus
    rank: species
  69. Lithobates sylvaticus
    rank: species
  70. Lithobates pipiens
    rank: species
  71. Lithobates clamitans
    rank: species
  72. Agelognathus reverberii
    rank: species
  73. Phyllomedusa sauvagii
    rank: species
  74. Physalaemus biligonigerus
    rank: species
  75. Lysapsus limellum
    rank: species
  76. Pleuroderma borelli
    rank: species
  77. Leptodactylus latinasus anceps
    rank: subspecies
  78. Leptodactylus chaquensis
    rank: species
  79. Odontophrynus occidentalis
    rank: species
  80. Pleuroderma kriegi
    rank: species
  81. Pleuroderma tucumana
    rank: species
  82. Pleuroderma nebulosa
    rank: species
  83. Hypsiboas cordobae
    rank: species
  84. Rhinella achalensis
    rank: species
  85. Rhinella fernadezae
    rank: species
  86. Rhinella icterica
    rank: species
  87. Salamandra salamandra gallaica
    rank: species
  88. Chioglossa lusitanica longipes
    rank: subspecies
  89. Bufo
    rank: genus
  90. Rana
    rank: genus
  91. Rhinella
    rank: genus
  92. Chioglossa
    rank: genus
  93. Salamandra
    rank: genus
  94. Hypsiboas
    rank: genus
  95. Pleuroderma
    rank: genus
  96. Odontophrynus
    rank: genus
  97. Leptodactylus
    rank: genus
  98. Lysapsus
    rank: genus
  99. Physalaemus
    rank: genus
  100. Phyllomedusa
    rank: genus
  101. Epidalea
    rank: genus
  102. Pelophylax
    rank: genus
  103. Pelodytes
    rank: genus
  104. Pelobates
    rank: genus
  105. Pleurodeles
    rank: genus
  106. Hyla
    rank: genus
  107. Lissotriton
    rank: genus
  108. Discoglossus
    rank: genus
  109. Triturus
    rank: genus
  110. Schistometopum
    rank: genus
  111. Leptopelis
    rank: genus
  112. Ptychadena
    rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

The collection presents specimens from Europe, Africa, North America and South America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Luis Ceríaco
originator
position: Associate Curator of Herpetology
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência
Lisbon
PT
email: luisceriaco@netcabo.pt
Luis Ceríaco
metadata author
position: Associate Curator of Herpetology
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência
Lisbon
PT
email: luisceriaco@netcabo.pt
Luis Ceríaco
curator
position: Curator of Herpetology
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência
Lisbon
PT
email: luisceriaco@netcabo.pt
Rui Rebelo
point of contact
position: Professor
Faculdade de Ciências - Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
PT
email: rmrebelo@fc.ul.pt
Mariana Marques
point of contact
position: Associated researcher
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência
PT
Pedro Ceríaco
point of contact
position: Volunteer
Universidade de Évora
PT
Pedro Nunes
point of contact
position: Volunteer
Universidade de Évora
PT
Eduardo Magalhães
point of contact
position: Volunteer
Universidade de Évora
PT
Gabriella Ferreira
point of contact
position: Volunteer
Universidade de Évora
PT
Luis Ceríaco
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Curator of Herpetology
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência
Lisbon
PT
email: luisceriaco@netcabo.pt
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