Amphibians of the Former USSR

Varos Petrosyan

doi:10.15468/wxz3yj

Amphibians of the Former USSR

Citation

Petrosyan V, Kuzmin S (2022). Amphibians of the Former USSR. Version 1.12. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wxz3yj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Materials from "Amphibians of the Former USSR" Databank (® 0229803415, Russian State Register of Databanks)

Purpose

Old version of the amphibians database was created as part of an integrated system for the Russian vertebrate animals diversity.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

All database entries are amphibians that live in the territory of the former species 15 republics of the USSR

Sampling

All data were collected by leading experts of Russia and other biologists from all of Republic of the USSR

Quality Control

Data quality is ensured not a single test amphibian species are highly qualified herpetologists working in universities and institutes of the National Academy of Sciences

Method steps

The database was created on the basis of the second edition of the monograph "Amphibians of the Former USSR" in 2012

Additional info

The old version of the amphibians Russian database was published only in Russian

Taxonomic Coverages

Typus Vertebrata Classis Amphibia Ordo Caudata Ordo Anura

Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761)
common name: Caudata rank: order
Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)
common name: Caudata rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The entire territory of the former USSR

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Varos Petrosyan
originator
position: Chief Researcher
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospect, 33
Moscow
119071
Moscow
RU
Telephone: +74959527283
email: vgpetrosyan@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.sevin.ru

Sergius Kuzmin
metadata author
position: Researcher
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospect, 33
Moscow
119071
Moscow
RU
Telephone: +79161634816
email: ipe51@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sevin.ru

Sergius Kuzmin
curator
position: Researcher
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospect, 33,
Moscow
119071
Moscow
RU
Telephone: +79161634816
email: ipe51@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sevin.ru

Sergius Kuzmin
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospect, 33
Moscow
119071
Moscow
RU
Telephone: +79161634816
email: ipe51@yahoo.com
homepage: http://www.sevin.ru