Dataset from the Snakes (Serpentes, Reptiles) collection of the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Para, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We present a dataset with information from the snake collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, known as the "Ophidia Collection". This collection currently has 26,728 specimens of snakes, including 9 families, 66 genera and 220 species. For the most part, it represents material from the Amazon Region. Specimens are preserved mostly in wet (alcohol) preparation, with some samples preserved in dry form, as is the case of the shells and skeletons of turtles. The dataset is now available for public consultation on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility portal (https://doi.org/10.15468/lt0wet).

New information

The Herpetological collection of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi comprises the largest collection of its kind in the Amazon region with about 100,000 sp

SUBMITTER: da Costa Prudente AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483954 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature