Catalogue of the type specimens of Bufonidae and Megophryidae (Amphibia: Anura) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Description

The catalogue includes several images of each type specimen including the dorsal, ventral, lateral and head views of the toads and the storage jar with labels, collection data, maps showing type localities, and all available basic references. This dataset contains the information on 93 bufonid and 11 megophryid type specimens representing 27 taxa in 2 families under consideration. Among them 16 taxa are currently recognized as valid species or subspecies.The main portion of the collection of amphibian type specimens was formed as a result of systematic works by Russian and foreign specialists that described new species and subspecies in collections of the Zoological Institute. For example, 13 new taxa of amphibians were described by the Russian herpetologist, A. M. Nikolsky. Moreover, other new forms were described by J. von Bedriaga, A. A. Strauch, and S. Th. Tzarewsky. Recently a number of new species were described by N. L. Orlov on the basis of collections in the Zoological Institute from South-East Asia.An important part of the specimens was received from different zoological museums around the world. A. A. Strauch, director of Zoological Institute from 1879 to 1890 and a great Russian herpetologist, conducted an exchange of herpetological collections with museums in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Stuttgart, Brussels and Frankfurt am Main and with private persons such as De Betta in Verona, F. Lataste in Paris, V. L. Seoane in La Coruña, and well-known dealer Schneider in Basel. As a result, the Zoological Museum (now Institute) enriched itself from many new species including its original and authors’ specimens (Strauch, 1889). Many type specimens were received as a gift or in exchange from the Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin in 1857 and 1982; Warsaw Museum in 1871; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris in 1879; British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London in 1884 and 1892; Turin Museum of Natural History in 1896; Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden; Cambridge University Museum in 1927; and Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago in 1959. In 1885 several specimens were bought from the Linnaea Institute situated in Frankfurt am Main and later in Berlin. This firm purchased animals from various collectors and identified them and then sold the specimens to museums. A herpetological collection from Paraguay described by O. Boettger was bought from H. Rodhe. Later a part of this collection including Boettgers’ types (Bufo levicristatus and others) went to St. Petersburg. In the 19 – early 20 century collection has grown rapidly due to extensive materials collected by expeditions of N. M. Przhewalsky, P. K. Kozlov, A. N. Kaznakov, M. V. Pewzow, G. Potanin, G. E. Grum-Grzhimailo and S. N. Alpheraky in Central Asia and Turkestan, N. A. Zarudny in Persia and other famous voyagers.Digitizing of research collections of the Zoological Institute is performed within the framework of RFBR №15-29-02457 (competition of oriented basic research on important interdisciplinary themes 2015) «The collections of the Zoological Institute as an important tool and information basis of fundamental biological research» (project leader Dr. N.B. Ananjeva).

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Taxon (noyau)
27
Occurrence 
104

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Milto K, Ananjeva N, Golikov A, Khalikov R (2026). Catalogue of the type specimens of Bufonidae and Megophryidae (Amphibia: Anura) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Version 1.50. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Checklist dataset. https://ipt.zin.ru/resource?r=zin_megophryidae_bufonidae&v=1.50

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Mots-clé

Occurrence; Specimen; Checklist

Contacts

Konstantin Milto
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
  • Créateur
  • Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Herpetology
Zoological Institute RAS
  • Universitetskaya emb., 1
199034 Saint Petersburg
RU
  • +7 (812) 323-31-40
Natalia Ananjeva
  • Créateur ●
  • Personne De Contact
  • Head of the Laboratory of Herpetology
Zoological Institute RAS
  • Universitetskaya emb., 1
199034 Saint Petersburg
RU
  • +7 (812) 323-31-40
Alexey Golikov
  • Créateur
  • Senior Engineer, IT Department
Zoological Institute RAS
  • Universitetskaya emb., 1
199034 Saint Petersburg
RU
  • +7 (812) 328-06-11
Roman Khalikov
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
  • Créateur
  • Head, IT Department
Zoological Institute RAS
  • Universitetskaya emb., 1
199034 Saint Petersburg
RU
  • +7 (812) 328-06-11

Couverture géographique

Sampling was carried out all over the World.

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [-90, -180], Nord Est [90, 180]

Couverture taxonomique

Megophryidae (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) collection identified to species and subspecies.

Family Megophryidae (Litter frogs)

Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) collection identified to species and subspecies.

Family Bufonidae (True toads)

Couverture temporelle

Date de début / Date de fin 1876-01-01 / 2016-01-01

Méthodes déchantillonnage

Sampling was carried out using different collecting methods – catching by hands and buying from locals.

Etendue de létude Sampling was carried out mainly in the Palaearctic and Indomalaya realms, during the period from 1876 to present using different collecting methods.

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  1. Collected materials on Bufonidae and Megophryidae (wet: alcohol) were identified to species and subspecies level and deposited in the collections of the Zoological Institute RAS.

Données de collection

Nom de la collection Research collections of the Department of Herpetology, Laboratory of Ornithology and Herpetology, Zoological Institute RAS
Méthode de conservation des spécimens Alcohol
Unités de conservation Entre (nombre minimal) 104 et (nombre maximal) 104 specimens

Citations bibliographiques

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