A Catalogue of the Agamid and Chamaeleonid Types in the Collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Konstantin D. Milto, Andrei V. Barabanov

Abstract


A complete catalogue of the type specimens of agamid and chamaeleonid lizards in the herpetological collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg is provided. The collection contains 1098 type specimens representing 105 taxa of these lizards. Of these taxa 58 ones are currently recognized as valid species or subspecies.


Keywords


Reptilia; Squamata; Agamidae; Chamaeleonidae; types; Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg

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