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Asian Herpetological Collection - IICT
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Praça Gomes Teixeira
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 58
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
Praça Gomes Teixeira
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 58
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
0000-0002-1712-2632
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Praça Gomes Teixeira
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
Associated Curator
Rua da Escola Politécnica 58
Lisboa
Lisboa
1250-102
PT
964295925
mptlmarques@gmail.com
0000-0002-1712-2632
curator
2018-12-20
eng
The Asian 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 of collections is represented by three independent collections: the Macau region collection, the East Timor collection, and the Portuguese India collection. It comprises a total of 313 records (341 specimens), representing 36 taxa (12 amphibians and 24 reptiles). These were collected between 1956 and 1989, either by targeted surveys promoted by the IICT or by fortuitous collections and donations by private individuals and researchers.
Occurrence; Amphibia; Reptilia; Timor; Macau; India; Collections; Specimens
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Specimen
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
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The former Portuguese oveseas territories in Macau (People's Republic of China), Timor Loro Sae (East-Timor), Republic of India.
67.852
130.078
28.304
-12.211
1953
1953
class
Reptilia
class
Amphibia
order
Squamata
order
Testudines
order
Anura
order
Urodela
family
Gekkonidae
family
Cylindrophiidae
family
Agamidae
family
Varanidae
family
Viperidae
family
Colubridae
family
Elapidae
family
Bufonidae
family
Dicroglossidae
family
Microhylidae
family
Rhacophoridae
family
Ranidae
family
Cryptobranchidae
family
Typhlopidae
family
Scincidae
family
Geomydidae
species
Andrias davidianus
genus
Andrias
genus
Bungarus
genus
Calotes
genus
Cylindrophis
genus
Dendrelaphis
genus
Draco
genus
Duttaphrynus
genus
Fejervarya
genus
Gekko
genus
Hemidactylus
genus
Hoplobatrachus
genus
Indotyphlops
genus
Kaloula
genus
Laticauda
genus
Leiolepis
genus
Lycodon
genus
Lygossoma
genus
Mauremys
genus
Microhyla
genus
Ophiophagus
genus
Polypedates
genus
Ptyas
genus
Scincella
genus
Sylvirana
genus
Trimeresurus
genus
Varanus
genus
Xenochrophis
species
Bungarus multicinctus
species
Calotes versicolor
species
Cylindrophis boulengeri
species
Draco timorensis
species
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
species
Fejervarya limnocharis
species
Gekko chinensis
species
Gekko gecko
species
Hemidactylus bowringii
species
Hemidactylus brookii
species
Hemidactylus frenatus
species
Hemidactylus garnotii
species
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus
species
Hoplobatrachus trigerinus
species
Indotyphlops braminus
species
Kaloula pulchra
species
Laticauda colubrina
species
Leiolepis reevesii
species
Lycodon subcinctus
species
Lygossoma punctata
species
Mauremys reevesii
species
Microhyla ornata
species
Microhyla pulchra
species
Polypedates megacephalus
species
Ptyas korros
species
Ptyas mucosa
species
Scincella reevesii
species
Sylvirana guentheri
species
Trimeresurus albolabris
species
Trimeresurus insularis
species
Varanus timorensis
species
Xenochrophis pisctor
subspecies
Dendrelaphis inornatus timorensis
unkown
Luis
Ceriaco
Museu de Historia Natural e da Ciencia da Universidade do Porto
Curator
Praça Gomes Teixeira
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
1.
Former Portuguese territories in Asia, namelly Macau, Timor and India.
For Macau a detailed sampling description is provided by Dias, J.A.T.S., Mendes, L.F., Crawford-Cabral, Pinheiro, M., Mesquitela, L.M. & Burnay, L.P. (1994) Resultados das missões de estudo realizadas em Macau pelo Centro de Zoologia do IICT. I – Introdução e natureza dos trabalhos efectuados. Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisboa, 20 (1–2): 1–30.
For India some sampling information is provided by Manaças, S. (1961) Notas Herpetológicas-India Portuguesa. Memórias da Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, 23 (2): 33–41.
For Timor some sampling information is provided by Manaças, S. (1972) Estudo de alguns répteis e Díli (Timor Português). Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisboa, 1 (1): 1–4
Specimens were checked one by one. Taxonomic identification followed the most updated available bibliography. Locality, collector and collecting dates data were retrived from the original labels, publications and field notebooks.
Cataloguing and Digitizing the Herpetological Collections of MUHNAC and IICT
Luis
Ceriaco
0000-0002-0591-9978
curator
Mariana
Marques
curator
No funding was used.
The specimens are originary from the former Portuguese overseas territories in Asia, namelly Macau (currently a territory of the People's Republic of China), Timor Leste ( currently the independent country of Timor Leste, also known as Timor Loro Sae or East Timor), and the Portuguese enclaves of Goa (now part of the Republic of India).
The work consisted of cross checking the specimens and respective specimen labels, available field note books, catalogues and publications, to generate a consolidated electronic database. Taxonomic identity were reviewed following the most updated bibliography and in accordance with 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/] online databases.
Once the database was prepared, the records pertaining to the Asian Herpetological collections of IICT were prepared for publication.
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Ceriaco LMP, Marques MP (2018): Asian Herpetological Collection - IICT. v1. Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=asian_herpetological_collections_iict&v=1.0
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