Description
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.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 313 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
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
Rights
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7df6557f-1996-4874-a08a-1ac5718ef413. Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.
Keywords
Occurrence; Amphibia; Reptilia; Timor; Macau; India; Collections; Specimens; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Curator ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Curator ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
The former Portuguese oveseas territories in Macau (People's Republic of China), Timor Loro Sae (East-Timor), Republic of India.
Bounding Coordinates | South West [-12.211, 67.852], North East [28.304, 130.078] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
Class | Reptilia, Amphibia |
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Order | Squamata, Testudines, Anura, Urodela |
Family | Gekkonidae, Cylindrophiidae, Agamidae, Varanidae, Viperidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Bufonidae, Dicroglossidae, Microhylidae, Rhacophoridae, Ranidae, Cryptobranchidae, Typhlopidae, Scincidae, Geomydidae |
Genus | Andrias, Bungarus, Calotes, Cylindrophis, Dendrelaphis, Draco, Duttaphrynus, Fejervarya, Gekko, Hemidactylus, Hoplobatrachus, Indotyphlops, Kaloula, Laticauda, Leiolepis, Lycodon, Lygossoma, Mauremys, Microhyla, Ophiophagus, Polypedates, Ptyas, Scincella, Sylvirana, Trimeresurus, Varanus, Xenochrophis |
Species | Andrias davidianus, Bungarus multicinctus, Calotes versicolor, Cylindrophis boulengeri, Draco timorensis, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Fejervarya limnocharis, Gekko chinensis, Gekko gecko, Hemidactylus bowringii, Hemidactylus brookii, Hemidactylus frenatus, Hemidactylus garnotii, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus, Hoplobatrachus trigerinus, Indotyphlops braminus, Kaloula pulchra, Laticauda colubrina, Leiolepis reevesii, Lycodon subcinctus, Lygossoma punctata, Mauremys reevesii, Microhyla ornata, Microhyla pulchra, Polypedates megacephalus, Ptyas korros, Ptyas mucosa, Scincella reevesii, Sylvirana guentheri, Trimeresurus albolabris, Trimeresurus insularis, Varanus timorensis, Xenochrophis pisctor |
Subspecies | Dendrelaphis inornatus timorensis |
Temporal Coverage
Start Date | 1953-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
Title | Cataloguing and Digitizing the Herpetological Collections of MUHNAC and IICT |
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Funding | No funding was used. |
Study Area Description | 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). |
Design Description | 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. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Curator
Sampling Methods
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
Study Extent | Former Portuguese territories in Asia, namelly Macau, Timor and India. |
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Quality Control | 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. |
Method step description:
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Collection Data
Collection Name | Asian Herpetological Collection - IICT |
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Collection Identifier | IICT |
Parent Collection Identifier | IICT |
Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | 7df6557f-1996-4874-a08a-1ac5718ef413 |
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http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=asian_herpetological_collections_iict |