List of amphibians in the collection of BNHS
Citation
Pal S (2022). List of amphibians in the collection of BNHS. Version 1.2. Bombay Natural History Society. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vjqf9p accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-31.Description
The BNHS museum houses a vast collection of specimens collected from across the Indian subcontinent over the past hundred years. The dataset provides a checklist of amphibians based on preserved specimens collected from across India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran. The museum collection holds a total of 243 amphibian species of which 209 are anurans (frogs and toads), 33 are caecilians and 1 salamander. The collection includes a number of species that are listed under the threatened category or data deficient while some are only known based on few museum specimens. An updated checklist of species in a museum collection will help researchers from across the world to study these poorly known species in detail.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The checklist is based on specimens from across India, parts of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran.
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Contacts
Saunak Paloriginator
position: Scientist
BNHS
Hornbill house
Mumbai
400001
Maharashtra
IN
email: s.pal@bnhs.org
homepage: https://bnhs.org/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-4708
Saunak Pal
metadata author
position: Scientist
BNHS
Hornbill house
Mumbai
400001
Maharashtra
IN
email: s.pal@bnhs.org
homepage: https://bnhs.org/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-4708
Saunak Pal
author
position: Scientist
BNHS
Hornbill house
Mumbai
400001
Maharashtra
IN
email: s.pal@bnhs.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-4708
Rahul Khot
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
BNHS
Hornbill house
Mumbai
400001
Maharashtra
IN
email: r.khot@bnhs.org