THE HERPETOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF ZOOLOGY MUSEUM, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY

Year 2017, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 55 - 63, 31.08.2017

Nilgün Kaya , Oya Özuluğ

https://doi.org/10.18036/aubtdc.286684

Abstract

Amphibia and Reptilia
collections at the Zoological Museum, University of Istanbul (ZMUI) were
studied and revised. The samples were collected from 1921 until today. The
localities of most species are found in the diffrent regions of Turkey. The
collection have 74 species of which 20 species are amphibia and 54 species are
reptiles. 

Keywords

Zoology Museum, collection, taxonomy, amphibians, reptiles

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