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Angolan Herpetological Collection - IICT
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Porto
4099-002
PT
963125545
luisceriaco@gmail.com
0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana
Marques
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Associated Curator
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
PT
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
0000-0002-1712-2632
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Porto
4099-002
PT
963125545
luisceriaco@gmail.com
0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana
Marques
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Associated Curator
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
PT
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
0000-0002-1712-2632
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Porto
4099-002
PT
963125545
luisceriaco@gmail.com
0000-0002-0591-9978
curator
Mariana
Marques
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
PT
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
curator
Aaron
Bauer
Villanova University
Professor
Villanova
US
author
David
Blackburn
Florida Museum of Natural History
Curator
US
author
Mathew
Heinicke
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Professor
US
author
2018-12-09
eng
The Angolan 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 673 records (673 specimens), representing 65 taxa (20 amphibians and 45 reptiles). These were collected between 1957 and 1972, either by targeted surveys promoted by the IICT or by fortuitous collections and donations by private individuals and researchers.
Angola
Moxico
Amphibia
Reptilia
Specimens
Museums
Portuguese collections
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Specimen
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The Republic of Angola (excluding Cabinda enclave)
11.602
24.785
-3.864
-18.646
1957
1972
The dataset comprises representatives of 24 families, 41 genus, 65 species and one subspecies of Amphibians and Reptiles.
class
Amphibia
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
order
Chelonii
order
Anura
family
Arthroleptidae
family
Brevicipitidae
family
Bufonidae
family
Hemisotidae
family
Hyperoliidae
family
Phrynobatrachidae
family
Pipidae
family
Ptychadenidae
family
Pyxicephalidae
family
Ranidae
family
Agamidae
family
Amphisbaenidae
family
Chamaeleonidae
family
Colubridae
family
Elapidae
family
Gekkonidae
family
Gerrhosauridae
family
Lacertidae
family
Lamprophiidae
family
Natricidae
family
Pelomedusidae
family
Scincidae
family
Typhlopidae
family
Viperidae
genus
Arthroleptis
genus
Breviceps
genus
Poyntonophrynus
genus
Sclerophrys
genus
Hemisus
genus
Hyperolius
genus
Phrynobatrachus
genus
Hylarana
genus
Ptychadena
genus
Amietia
genus
Xenopus
genus
Acanthocercus
genus
Agama
genus
Dalophia
genus
Zygaspis
genus
Chamaeleo
genus
Crotaphopeltis
genus
Dasypeltis
genus
Dispholidus
genus
Boaedon
genus
Psammophis
genus
Philothamnus
genus
Hemidactylus
genus
Gerrhosaurus
genus
Tetradactylus
genus
Ichnotropis
genus
Lycophidion
genus
Psammophylax
genus
Prosymna
genus
Limnophis
genus
Natriciteres
genus
Pelomedusa
genus
Pelusios
genus
Sepsina
genus
Trachylepis
genus
Lubuya
genus
Panaspis
genus
Varanus
genus
Afrotyphlops
genus
Causus
genus
Bitis
species
Arthroleptis stenodactylus
species
Breviceps poweri
species
Poyntonophrynus kavangensis
species
Sclerophrys garmani
species
Sclerophrys gutturalis
species
Sclerophrys pusilla
species
Hemisus marmoratus
species
Hyperolius sp.
species
Hyperolius angolensis
species
Phrynobatrachus natalensis
species
Xenopus petersii
species
Amietia angolensis
species
Hylarana darlingi
species
Ptychadena sp.
species
Ptychadena uzungwensis
species
Ptychadena cf. mascareniensis
species
Ptychadena subpunctata
species
Ptychadena upembae
species
Ptychadena anchietae
species
Ptychadena anchietae
species
Bitis arietans
species
Bitis gabonica
species
Causus rhombeatus
species
Causus bilineatus
species
Varanus niloticus
species
Afrotyphlops sp.
species
Afrotyphlops angolensis
species
Trachylepis bayonii
species
Trachylepis wahlbergii
species
Panaspis sp.
species
Trachylepis monardi
species
Trachylepis sp.
species
Lubuya ivensii
species
Sepsina angolensis
species
Pelusios bechuanicus
species
Pelomedusa subrufa
species
Limnophis bangweolicus
species
Natriciteres sp.
species
Limnophis bicolor
species
Psammophis mossambicus
species
Psammophylax acutus
species
Boaedon fuliginosus
species
Boaedon sp.
species
Psammophis zambiensis
species
Prosymna angolensis
species
Psammophylax sp.
species
Lycophidion capense
species
Ichnotropis bivittata
species
Gerrhosaurus bulsi
species
Tetradactylus ellenbergeri
species
Hemidatylus longicephalus
species
Pseudohaje goldii
species
Philothamnus heterolepidotus
species
Dispholidus typus
species
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
species
Philothamnus angolensis
species
Dipsadoboa shrevei
species
Dasypeltis scabra
species
Chamaeleo dilepis
species
Zygaspis nigra
species
Dalophia angolensis
species
Agama sp.
species
Agama schacki
species
Agama aculeata
species
Acanthocercus cyanocephalus
subspecies
Dispholidus typus punctatus
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Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Porto
4099-002
PT
963125545
luisceriaco@gmail.com
0000-0002-0591-9978
Mariana
Marques
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa
Associated Curator
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
PT
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
0000-0002-1712-2632
The herpetological collections were catalogued using the software Microsoft Excel.
We conducted extensive shelf surveys to locate all the remaining Angolan 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% ethanol. 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: 1) the published gazetteer of all the vertebrate collections in Angola for all the publications before 1989 (Cabral & Mesquitela 1989), converted to decimal degrees; or 2) following the GPS location available in newer publications, and then also converting to decimal degrees.
When no data were available in Cabral & Mesquitela (1989) 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.
The study covers part of Angola, including 10 of the 18 provinces. The best represented province is Moxico, while there are also some few records from Malanje, Uíge and Bié. The provinces of Zaire, Kwanza Norte, Luanda, Bneguela, Namibe, Cunene, and Cuando Cubango are not represented in the collection . The temporal distribution is mainly concentrated in the decade of 1950s (especially in years 1957, 1958 and 1959).
The majority of the records of this dataset result from the Missões Apícolas de Angola carried out by the former Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, coordinated by Fernando Frade and José Filipe Lopes do Rosário Nunes between 1957 and 1959. Some of these specimens were previously studied and cited in Manaças (1963, 1973, 1982), Gans (1976) and Ruas (1996, 2000). Other records result from intermittent donations of specimens to the Junta de Investigação Científica do Ultramar from 1957 to 1972 .
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. The authors AMB and DCB also contributed to the taxonomic revision of the specimens, either by direct contact with the specimens or through high- quality digital photographs. Nomenclature was checked through available literature, 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 administrative regions, names of rivers, etc.).
Digitizing Southwestern-African Herpetological Collections
Luis
Ceriaco
0000-0002-0591-9978
curator
Mariana
Marques
curator
Aaron
Bauer
David
Blackburn
Mathew
Heinicke
Angola and Namibia form a hotspot for amphibian and reptile diversity, together encompassing a complete faunal turnover from arid to equatorial African biotas. Most primary biodiversity data for species in these countries remain inaccessible. Decades of civil war in Angola coupled with a lack, in both countries, of expertise in biodiversity informatics means that much of the scientific collections that document the diversity and distribution of this unique fauna remain unknown.
Biodiversity data associated with specimens in scientific research collections underlies this project’s ability to investigate spatial patterns of biodiversity (including richness and endemism) as well to make informed conservation decisions. A significant challenge facing students, biodiversity scientists, and conservationists working in Africa is the lack of access to information and primary data. By facilitating access to biodiversity data through digitizing existing scientific collections in countries, such as Angola and Namibia, and providing training to build in-country capacity in informatics, both basic science and conservation can be advanced for species and landscapes that have and will continue to change quickly.
This project was funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation (JRS) as one component of the project "Digitizing Southwestern-African Herpetological Collections" managed by the California Academy of Sciences and the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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dataset
Ceríaco LMP, Marques MP, Bauer, AM, Heinicke M, Blackburn DC (2018): Angolan Herpetological Collection - IICT. v1. National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=angolan_herpetological_collection_iict&v=1.0
Manaças, S. (1973 “1974”) Alguns ofídeos de Angola. Memórias da Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, 58 (2): 187–200
Manaças, S. (1963) Sáurios de Angola. Memórias da Junta e Investigações do Ultramar, Lisboa, segunda série. Estudos de Zoologia, 43: 223–240
Gans, C. (1976) Three new spade-snouted amphisbaenians from Angola (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). American Museum Novitates 2590: 1–11
Ruas, C. (2002) Batráquios de Angola em coleção no Centro de Zoologia. Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, 24 (1–2): 139 –154
Manaças, S. (1982) Ofídeos venenosos da Guiné, S. Tomé, Angola e Moçambique. Garcia de Orta: Série de Zoologia, 10 (1/2): 13-46.
Ruas, C. (1996) Contribuição para o conhecimento da fauna de batráquios de Angola. Garcia da Orta: Série de Zoologia, 21(1): 19-41.
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