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Dataset from the Snakes (Serpentes, Reptiles) collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Pará, Brazil
- Source :
- Biodiversity Data Journal, Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e34013, Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 1-12 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Zenodo, 2019.
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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 specimens of amphibians and reptiles (chelonians, alligators, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians). This collection currently has 26,728 specimens of snakes, including 9 families, 66 genera and 220 species, some of which are endemic to the Amazon rainforest region. The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi is the second oldest institution of science in Brazil in activity, founded in 1866.
- Subjects :
- Reptiles
Squamata
Reptilia
Biodiversity & Conservation
Lialis
Rainforest
Amniota
diversity
Gnathostomata
collection
Animalia
Branchiostoma capense
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Amazon
inventor
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Vertebrata
Craniata
Serpentes
Ecology
biology
Amazon rainforest
Ymeria
Reptiliomorpha
Ophidia
Cephalornis
Snakes
South America
biology.organism_classification
Archaeology
Data Paper (Biosciences)
Geography
lcsh:Biology (General)
inventories
biodiversity dataset
rainforest
Global biodiversity
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biodiversity Data Journal, Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e34013, Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 1-12 (2019)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....660697be44cea98674c94d885189e233