The frogs of war: unraveling the history of some Spix’s (1824) types and old South American specimens deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München - ZSM

Las ranas de la guerra: desenredando la historia de algunos tipos de Spix (1824) y antiguos especímenes sudamericanos depositados en Zoologische Staatssammlung München – ZSM

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  • Ángela M. Suárez-Mayorga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv5n3-044

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amphibians, tree frogs, taxonomy, biological collections, World War II, Brazil, Northwestern Amazonia

Resumo

The Zoologische Staatssammlung München – ZSM custodies almost all the types of the amphibian collections obtained during the expedition of Johann Spix and Karl Martius to Brazil, which were preserved after the devastating effects of World War II. Most of the remaining types and hylid specimens from South America were reviewed, identified, and described, in order to improve the understanding of the real diversity and to contribute to clarifying the taxonomy of tree frogs in the Northwestern Amazon basin. After the review, some important taxonomic changes should be made.

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2022-09-13

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Suárez-Mayorga, Ángela M. (2022). The frogs of war: unraveling the history of some Spix’s (1824) types and old South American specimens deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München - ZSM: Las ranas de la guerra: desenredando la historia de algunos tipos de Spix (1824) y antiguos especímenes sudamericanos depositados en Zoologische Staatssammlung München – ZSM. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research, 5(3), 3130–3141. https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv5n3-044

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