Snakes in herpetological collection of the Natural History Museum in Split (Croatia) collected from 1924 untill 2015

Analysis of the herpetological collection of Natural History Museum in Split found that snakes were represented in the herpetological collection by 183 inventory numbers with 224 samples. Samples in the collection belong to 4 families, 5 subfamilies, 11 genera and 15 species of snakes, with Vipera a...

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Published inHyla Vol. 2015; no. 2; p. 4
Main Authors Mekinić, Stjepan, Nediljko, Ževrnja, Boban, Josip, Piasevoli, Gvido, Vladović, Dalibor
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Hrvatsko herpetološko društvo Hyla 31.01.2016
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Croatia
herpetological collection
Natural History Museum in Split
snakes
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Summary:Analysis of the herpetological collection of Natural History Museum in Split found that snakes were represented in the herpetological collection by 183 inventory numbers with 224 samples. Samples in the collection belong to 4 families, 5 subfamilies, 11 genera and 15 species of snakes, with Vipera ammodytes being the most numerous species. The largest number of samples were collected by Cvitanić A. and Girometta U. in the Dalmatian part of Adriatic. A large part of the collection doesn't contain information of collector or collection date. The material is stored in alcohol and in formalin with the exception of 27 samples that are stored like dermoplastic preparation.
Bibliography:157785
ISSN:1848-2007
1848-2007