Catalogue of Type Specimens in the amphibians and reptiles collection of the Museo de Biología, Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela
Catálogo de Ejemplares Tipo de la colección de anfibios y reptiles del Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela
Keywords:
Amphibia, biological collections, Reptilia, taxonomy, zoological history
Abstract
We provide a complete and updated catalogue of the Type Specimens of the amphibians and reptiles collection of the Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela. This collection contains a total of 23 type specimens (four Holotypes: one amphibian and three reptiles, and 19 Paratypes: five amphibians and 14 reptiles), representing 14 species. The taxa represented by these Types were described between 1996 and 2020. So far, only one of their names is regarded as a junior synonym (Cryptobatrachus remotus Infante-Rivero, Rojas-Runjaic & Barrio-Amorós, [2009]). The Type Specimens belonging to the families Strabomantidae, Hemiphractidae, Microhylidae (Anura), Sphaero- dactylidae, Anolidae, Scincidae, Colubridae and Dipsadidae (Squamata), come mainly from western Venezuela and, to a lesser extent, from Caribbean islands, the Venezuelan coastal range, southern Venezuela and Colombia. An appreciable number of publications on amphibians and reptiles in Venezuela have been derived from this collection; however it faces serious infrastructure and security problems generated by the current institutional crisis of national universities, due to the unprecedented economic and social deterioration in the country.
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Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, T. R. Barros, J. E. Péfaur & L. F. Navarrete. 2007. A new aquatic snake (Colubridae: Pseudoeryx) from the Lake Maracaibo basin, northwestern Venezuela: a relic of the past course of the Orinoco river. Herpetologica 63: 236−244.
Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, J. E. García-Pérez, C. Rivero-Blanco, P. T. Chippindale & M. K. Fujita. 2017. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western versant of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4291: 549‒562.
Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, R. Makowsky, J. C. Señaris, M. Natera, T. Barros, C. Molina & C. Barrio-Amorós. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guayana region, with description of a new species from Venezuela. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 321−339.
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Ugueto, G. N., G. Rivas, T. R. Barros, S. J. Sánchez-Pacheco & J. E. García-Pérez. 2007. A revision of the Venezuelan anoles I. A new Anolis species from the Andes of Venezuela with the redescription of Anolis jacare Boulenger, 1903 (Reptilia: Polychrotidae) and the clarification of the status of Anolis ni- gropunctatus Williams, 1974. Zootaxa 1501: 1–30.
Barrio-Amorós, C. L., F. J. M. Rojas-Runjaic & E. E. Infante. [2008]. Tres nuevos Pristimantis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) de la Sierra de Perijá, estado Zulia, Venezuela. Revista Española de Herpetología 21: 71−94.
Barros, T. R. 2000. Una nueva especie de Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) de la Sierra de Perijá, estado Zulia, Venezuela. Anartia 11: 1−10.
Barros, T. R., L. F. Esqueda, A. Mijares-Urrutia, E. La Marca & E. Nicholson. 2007. The anoline “lost link” rediscovered: variation and distribution of Anolis annectens Williams 1974 (Squamata Polychrotidae). Tropical Zoology 20: 41−53.
Barros, T. R., E. E. Williams & Á. L. Viloria. 1996. The genus Phenacosaurus (Squamata: Iguania) in western Venezuela: Phenacosaurus tetarii, new species, Phenacosaurus euskalerriari, new species, and Phenacosaurus nicefori Dunn, 1944. Breviora 504: 1−30.
Bisbal E., F. J. & J. Sánchez H. 1997. Directorio de museos y colecciones de vertebrados de Venezuela. pp. 247−276. In: La Marca, E. (ed.). Vertebrados actuales y fósiles de Venezuela. Serie catálogo zoológico de Venezuela 1. Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología de Mérida, Venezuela.
Camargo S., E. & F. Bisbal. 2016. Tipos de la colección herpetológica del museo de la Estación Biológica de Rancho Grande (EBRG), Venezuela. Acta Biológica Venezuelica 36: 99−118.
Campbell, J. A. & B. T. Clarke. 1998. A review of frogs of the genus Otophryne (Microhylidae) with the description of a new species. Herpetologica 54: 301−317.
Frost, D. R. 2023. Amphibian species of the world: an online reference. Version 6.1 (05 April 2023). Electronic database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. doi.org/10.5531/db.vz.0001
Ginés, H. [Brother Ginés]. 1984. Letter of acknowledgement to Amy Avila de Pons on 16 August 1984 (record 840060). Hedges, S. B. & C. E. Conn. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1−244.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [ICZN]. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature / Code International de Nomenclature Zoologique. 4th ed. London: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, xxx + 306 pp.
Jadin, R. C., C. Blair, S. A. Orlofske, M. J. Jowers, G. A. Rivas, J. Vitt, J. M. Ray, E. N. Smith & J. C. Murphy. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the brown vine snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00461-0.
Infante-Rivero, E. E., F. J. M. Rojas-Runjaic & C. L. Barrio-Amorós. [2009]. Un nuevo Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916 (Anura, Cryptobatrachidae) de la vertiente venezolana de la Sierra de Perijá. Memoria de la Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales 169: 45−63.
Meza-Joya, F. L., E. Ramos, F. J. M. Rojas-Runjaic & A. Ovalle-Pacheco. 2021. The taxonomic status of Cryptobatrachus frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Serranía del Perijá. Zootaxa 5068: 247–262.
Mijares-Urrutia, A. & A. Arends R. 1999. Additional new regional and local records of amphibians and reptiles from the State of Falcón, Venezuela. Herpetological Review 30: 115.
Miralles, A., G. Rivas, C. Bonillo, W. E. Schargel, T. R. Barros, J. E. García-Pérez & C. L. Barrio-Amorós. 2009. Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 598−616.
Molero, H. 1988. Ciclo reproductivo y hábitos alimentarios del lagarto Basiliscus basiliscus (Sauria: Iguanidae) de la región carbonífera Guasare-Socuy, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Maracaibo: La Universidad del Zulia, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, 26 pp. [thesis]
Molero, H. [2018]. Ciclo reproductivo y hábitos alimentarios del lagarto Basiliscus basiliscus (Sauria: Iguanidae) de la región carbonífera Guasare-Socuy, estado Zulia, Venezuela. Anartia 27: 27−50.
Nicholson, K. E., B. I. Crother, C. Guyer & J. M. Savage. 2018. Translating a clade based classification into one that is valid under the international code of zoological nomenclature: the case of the lizards of the family Dactyloidae (Order Squamata). Zootaxa 4461: 573−586.
Pons, A. 1965. Rhinobothryum bovalli Anderson, género y especie de ofidio nuevos para Venezuela. Kasmera 2: 99−103.
Rivas, G., G. N. Ugueto, W. E. Schargel, T. R. Barros, P. Velozo & L. E. Sánchez. 2013. A distinctive new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Isla La Blanquilla, Venezuela, with remarks on the distribution of some other Caribbean Sphaerodactylid lizards. South American Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 5−18.
Sabaj, M. H. 2020. Codes for natural history collections in ichthyology and herpetology. Copeia 108: 593–669.
Sabaj, M.H. 2022. Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology (online supplement). Version 9.0 (February 14, 2022). Electronically accessible at https://asih.org, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Washington, DC.
Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, T. R. Barros, J. E. Péfaur & L. F. Navarrete. 2007. A new aquatic snake (Colubridae: Pseudoeryx) from the Lake Maracaibo basin, northwestern Venezuela: a relic of the past course of the Orinoco river. Herpetologica 63: 236−244.
Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, J. E. García-Pérez, C. Rivero-Blanco, P. T. Chippindale & M. K. Fujita. 2017. A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western versant of the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Zootaxa 4291: 549‒562.
Schargel, W. E., G. Rivas, R. Makowsky, J. C. Señaris, M. Natera, T. Barros, C. Molina & C. Barrio-Amorós. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Guayana region, with description of a new species from Venezuela. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 321−339.
Uetz, P. P. Freed, R. Aguilar, F. Reyes & J. Hošek (eds.). 2022. The Reptile Database. http ://www.reptile-database.org, accessed [05 April 2023].
Ugueto, G. N., G. Rivas, T. R. Barros, S. J. Sánchez-Pacheco & J. E. García-Pérez. 2007. A revision of the Venezuelan anoles I. A new Anolis species from the Andes of Venezuela with the redescription of Anolis jacare Boulenger, 1903 (Reptilia: Polychrotidae) and the clarification of the status of Anolis ni- gropunctatus Williams, 1974. Zootaxa 1501: 1–30.
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2022-12-12
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Rivas, G. A., Sibira, L. E., & Barros, T. R. (2022). Catalogue of Type Specimens in the amphibians and reptiles collection of the Museo de Biología, Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela: Catálogo de Ejemplares Tipo de la colección de anfibios y reptiles del Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela. Anartia, (35), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7951605
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