Type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Museum of Natural History, the University of KansasDuellman, William Edward
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Type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Catalogs and collections; Reptiles -- Catalogs and collections
NOTE.--This specimen was listed by Taylor (1948:179) as No. 843.
This is the E. H. Taylor field number; subsequently the specimen was
catalogued as KU 29962.
~_Thorius minutissimus_~ Taylor, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1437:5, figs.
1-2, December 7, 1949.
PARATYPE.--No. 28080, Santo Tomás Tecpán, Oaxaca, México; Thomas C.
MacDougall, 1948.
NOTE.--Received in exchange; formerly this specimen was American Museum
of Natural History No. A 53930.
~_Typhlotriton nereus_~ Bishop, Copeia, 1944(1):1, figs. 1-3, April 21,
1944.
PARATYPES.--Nos. 16036-16038, 16043-16045, near Galena, Cherokee
County, Kansas; Wallace Lane and William McNown; March 26, 1932. No.
16199, York Springs, Imboden, Lawrence County, Arkansas; Byron C.
Marshall; February, 1930: Nos. 16350, 16352-16354, 16357-16360, near
Riverton, Cherokee County, Kansas; Edward H. Taylor; March 26, 1932.
NOTE.--Nos. 16350, 16352-16354, 16357-16360 were listed erroneously by
Bishop (1944:1-2) as being from Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas.
SALIENTIA
~_Agalychnis alcorni_~ Taylor [= _Phyllomedusa dacnicolor_ Cope,
according to Duellman (Herpetologica, 13:29, 1957)], Copeia,
1952(1):31, figs. 1-2, June 2, 1952.
HOLOTYPE.--No. 29763, South bank of Río Tepalcatepec, 17 miles south of
Apatzingán, Michoacán, México; J. R. Alcorn; November 30, 1950.
PARATYPE.--No. 28100, 0.5 miles east of San Blas, Nayarit, México; J.
R. Alcorn; January 6, 1949.
~_Agalychnis saltator_~ Taylor [= _Phyllomedusa saltator_ (Taylor),
according to Funkhouser (Occas. Papers Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ.,
5:36, 1957)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:527, fig. 10, October 15,
1955.
HOLOTYPE.--No. 35615, Finca Bosco, 5 kilometers north-northeast of
Tilarán, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 14,
1954.
PARATYPES.--Nos. 35609-10, 35612-35614, 35616-35620, 35622-35626, data
same as for holotype.
NOTE.--Taylor (1955:527) erroneously gave the type locality as 4
kilometers north-northeast of Tilarán; in Taylor’s field catalogue
and in the museum catalogue the locality is listed as 5 kilometers
north-northeast of Tilarán. Paratypes 35611 and 35621, listed by
Taylor, have been exchanged with the Stanford Natural History Museum.
~_Atelopus loomisi_~ Taylor--See _Atelopus varius loomisi_ Taylor.
~_Atelopus varius loomisi_~ Taylor [= _Atelopus loomisi_ Taylor,
according to Taylor (Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:517, 1955)], Univ.
Kansas Sci. Bull., 35:625, fig. 7, July 1, 1952.
HOLOTYPE.--No. 24746, Isla Bonita, Heredia Province, Costa Rica; Edward
H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; June 26, 1947.
PARATYPES.--Nos. 24742-24745, same locality as on holotype, August 1-5,
1947.
~_Bufo holdridgei_~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 35:607, fig. 3,
July 1, 1952.
HOLOTYPE.--No. 30885, Volcán Barba, Heredia Province, Costa Rica;
Edward H. Taylor; July 15, 1951.
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