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Cape Verde Herpetological Collection - IICT

Citation

Ceriaco L, Marques M, Parrinha D, Ceríaco L (2018). Cape Verde Herpetological Collection - IICT. Version 1.3. Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nrvfgv accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-01.

Description

The Cape Verde 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 1747 records (1747 specimens), representing 20 taxa (1 amphibians and 19 reptiles), turning the collection into the richest Cape Verde herpetological collection in the world. These were collected between 1967 and 1993, 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 Cape Verde Islands, which includes 7 islands (Brava, Fogo, Maio, Santiago, Santo Antão, São Nicolau and São Vicente) and two islets (Branco and Raso). The temporal distribution is mainly concentrated between the 1969 and 1972.

Sampling

The majority of the records of this dataset result from the Missões Zoológicas do Ultramar carried out by the former Junta de Investigação do Ultramar. Only a small part of these specimens were previously studied and published (Pinheiro 1989).

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. Nomenclature was checked through available literature (Arnold et al. 2008; Miralles et al. 2010; Vasconcelos et al. 2012), 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 riversides, properties, etc.).

Method steps

  1. The herpetological collections were catalogued using the software Microsoft Excel. We conducted extensive shelf surveys to locate all the remaining Cape Verde 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% etanol gradually. 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 the published Lepidoptera paper from Mendes & Bivar de Sousa (2010). When no data were available in Mendes & Bivar de Sousa (2010), 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 4 families, 4 genus, 17 species and 3 subspecies of Amphibians and Reptiles.
  1. Amphibia
    rank: class
  2. Reptilia
    rank: class
  3. Anura
    rank: order
  4. Squamata
    rank: order
  5. Bufonidae
    rank: family
  6. Scincidae
    rank: family
  7. Phyllodactilidae
    rank: family
  8. Gekkonidae
    rank: family
  9. Sclerophrys
    rank: genus
  10. Chioninia
    rank: genus
  11. Tarentola
    rank: genus
  12. Hemidactylus
    rank: genus
  13. Sclerophrys regularis
    rank: species
  14. Chioninia delalandii
    rank: species
  15. Chioninia fogoensis
    rank: species
  16. Chioninia nicolauensis
    rank: species
  17. Chioninia strangeri
    rank: species
  18. Chioninia vaillantii
    rank: species
  19. Hemidactylus angulatus
    rank: species
  20. Tarentola bocagei
    rank: species
  21. Tarentola caboverdiana
    rank: species
  22. Tarentola darwini
    rank: species
  23. Tarentola fogoensis
    rank: species
  24. Tarentola gigas
    rank: species
  25. Tarentola maioensis
    rank: species
  26. Tarentola nicolauensis
    rank: species
  27. Tarentola raziana
    rank: species
  28. Tarentola rudis
    rank: species
  29. Tarentola substituta
    rank: species
  30. Chioninia spinalis maioensis
    rank: subspecies
  31. Tarentola protogigas hartogi
    rank: subspecies
  32. Tarentola protogigas protogigas
    rank: subspecies

Geographic Coverages

The Cape Verde Islands

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Pinheiro, M. (1989) Mabuya delalandii (Dum. & Bibr.) e Mabuya vaillanti Blgr. (Sauria, Scincidae) do arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Garcia de Orta, Sér. Zool., Lisboa 13 (1-2): 49-55. -
  2. Vasconcelos, R., Perera, A., Geniez, P., Harris, D.J. and Carranza, S. (2012) An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164: 328-360. -
  3. Miralles, A., Vaconcelos, R., Perera, A., Harris, D.J. and Carranza, S. (2010) An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoological Scripta,40 (1): 16-44. -
  4. Arnold, E.N., Vasconcelos, R., Harris, D.J., Mateo, J.A. and Carranza, S. (2008) Systematics, biogeographty and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta, 97 (6): 619-639. -

Contacts

Luis Ceriaco
originator
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Praça Gomes Teixeira
Porto
4099-002
Porto
PT
Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana Marques
originator
position: Associated Curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 58
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
Diogo Parrinha
originator
position: MSc Student
Universidade de Évora
email: parrinha.diogo45@gmail.com
Luis Ceríaco
metadata author
position: Praça Gomes Teixeira
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Porto
4099-002
Porto
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 58
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
Diogo Parrinha
metadata author
position: MSc Student
Universidade de Évora
PT
email: parrinha.diogo45@gmail.com
Luis Miguel Pires Ceríaco
curator
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Praça Gomes Teixeira
Porto
4099-002
Porto
PT
Telephone: 963125545
email: luisceriaco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana Marques
curator
position: Associated Curator
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 58
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
PT
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
Diogo Parrinha
author
position: MSc Student
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Evora
Pólo da Mitra Apartado 94
Evora
7002-554
Evora
PT
email: parrinha.diogo45@gmail.com
Luis Ceriaco
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Praça Gomes Teixeira
Porto
4099-002
Porto
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 58
Lisboa
1250-102
Lisboa
Telephone: 964295925
email: mptlmarques@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
Diogo Parrinha
administrative point of contact
position: MSc Student
Universidade de Évora
PT
email: parrinha.diogo45@gmail.com
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