Short communication, Note
Snakes in herpetological collection of the Natural History Museum in Split (Croatia) collected from 1924 untill 2015
Stjepan Mekinić
; Public Institution for the Management of Protected Areas in the County of Split and Dalmatia – „Sea and karst“, 21000 Split, Croatia
Ževrnja Nediljko
; Natural History Museum and Zoo, 21000 Split, Croatia
Josip Boban
; Natural History Museum and Zoo, 21000 Split, Croatia
Gvido Piasevoli
; Public Institution for the Management of Protected Areas in the County of Split and Dalmatia – „Sea and karst“, 21000 Split, Croatia
Dalibor Vladović
; Natural History Museum and Zoo, 21000 Split, Croatia
Abstract
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.
Keywords
snakes; herpetological collection; Natural History Museum in Split; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
157785
URI
Publication date:
31.1.2016.
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