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Material tipo de la Colección de Herpetología del Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2006; Asociación Herpetológica Argentina; Volume: 19; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

1852-5768

Daiana Paola Ferraro, Jorge Daniel Williams,

Animal Behavior and Reproduction

A B S T R A C T. — The La Plata Museum (Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina) was founded on 1889, and after a little time, the herpetological collection started under the responsibility of Julio G. Koslowsky. In this paper the type specimens of Amphibia and Reptilia housed in the collection of the Herpetology Section at the La Plata Museum are listed. These type materials correspond to 32 species described since 1895 until nowadays, and include: 14 holotypes, 115 paratypes, 4 lectotypes, 22 paralectotypes, 1 neotype and 12 sintypes (this list does not include lost specimens). Complete data about taxonomic status, sex, collection data, and subsequent taxonomic changes are given for each taxon.