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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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 and it comprises Ecuador ´s second largest collection of herps.

New information

The Collection contains 193 type specimens: 14 holotypes, 34 paratopotypes and 145 paratypes, which correspond to 10 families, 17 genera and 32 species. The collection of type specimens is particularly important in the genera Atelopus and Pristimantis in amphibians and the genera Atractus and Enyaloides in reptiles. An assessment of the geographic distribution showed that collection sites of type specimens are clustered towards the south of Ecuador in the provinces of Zamora Chinchi

SUBMITTER: Almendariz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481154 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature