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Catalogue of type specimens deposited in the Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador)

Citation

Guerra M A, Almendáriz A (2023). Catalogue of type specimens deposited in the Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador). Version 1.3. Museo de Historia Natural "Gustavo Orcés V.". Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.60545/gujozp accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-12.

Description

The Herpetology Collection of the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés V. at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (MEPN-H) in Quito maintains more than sixteen thousand curated specimens. It contains 193 type specimens: 14 holotypes, 34 paratopotypes and 145 paratypes, which correspond to 10 families, 17 genera and 32 species.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The Herpetology Collection of  the Natural History Museum Gustavo Orcés at Escuela Politécnica Nacional (MEPN-H) encompasses specimens from all 24 provinces in Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands This comprehensive collection encompasses a total of 193 type specimens, consisting of 14 holotypes, 34 paratopotypes, and 145 paratypes, representing 10 families, 17 genera, and 32 species. Within this collection, there are 164 amphibians and 29 reptiles.

Sampling

Sampling methods vary among collectors and projects.  Most of them, include Visual Encounter Surveys (VES), sampling plots or  linear transects.

Quality Control

The consistency of data on type-specimen records was verified by comparisons with the information in original publications of the corresponding new species.

Method steps

  1. The data validation and curation process commenced with an extensive search for scientific descriptions pertaining to MEPN type specimens. We compared the specimen details mentioned in the corresponding scientific paper with our collection database, field notes if available, and the physical specimens housed in our collection.

Taxonomic Coverages

N/A
  1. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  2. GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE
    rank: family
  3. Reptilia
    rank: class
  4. HYLIDAE
    rank: family
  5. Anura
    rank: order
  6. COLUBRIDAE
    rank: family
  7. Amphibia
    rank: class
  8. Squamata
    rank: order
  9. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  10. BUFONIDAE
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Collection sites of type specimens are clustered towards the south of Ecuador in the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe, Morona Santiago and Pastaza in the Amazon region; and in the provinces of Carchi and Azuay in the Andes

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Monica A. Guerra
originator
position: Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
email: maguerraec@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-8279
Monica A. Guerra
metadata author
position: Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-8279
Ana Almendáriz
metadata author
position: Former Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-9673
Monica A. Guerra
originator
position: Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
email: maguerraec@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-8279
Ana Almendáriz
metadata author
position: Former Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-9673
Monica A. Guerra
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Herpetology
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
EC
email: maguerraec@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-8279
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