藏品拯救：对里斯本（葡萄牙）热带科学研究所的爬行动物藏品进行分类学修订，并制定一项拯救废弃藏品的方案。

Saving collections: taxonomic revision of the herpetological collection of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon (Portugal) with a protocol to rescue abandoned collections.

作者信息

Ceríaco Luis M P, Parrinha Diogo, Marques Mariana P

机构信息

Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira 4099-002 Porto, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal.

Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal.

出版信息

Zookeys. 2021 Jul 30;1052:85-156. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1052.64607. eCollection 2021.

The herpetological collections of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon, are amongst the most important collections from the former Portuguese territories in Africa and Asia. The collection comprises more than 5000 preserved specimens, including type specimens of nine taxa, , , , , , , , , and . The collection was abandoned in the early years of 2000s and was at risk of being lost. In this paper the entire collection is reviewed, a catalogue provided of the extant specimens, and a brief account of the history of herpetological research at IICT given. Details are also provided on the recovery of the collection and a protocol to rescue abandoned collections.