bibliography: Yanenko, V. O., O. M. Kovalchuk, N. A. Smirnov. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles in the comparative osteological collection of the National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geo&Bio. Vol. 16: 20-30.

doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/gb.2018.16.020

author(s): Yanenko, V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1241-1929,
O. Kovalchuk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-208X,
N. Smirnov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-6404

affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

address: V. O. Yanenko; National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelny-tsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01601 Ukraine; e‑mail: ornithologist.ua@gmail.com

title: Amphibians and reptiles in the comparative osteological collection of the National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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summary: The paper deals with the study of the comparative osteological collection of extant amphibians and reptiles deposited in the Department of Palaeontology of the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine. The collection has been recently catalogued and here is described for the first time. It consists of 407 storage units represented by complete or fragmented dry skele-tons, skulls, and isolated bones belonging to 104 species of 65 genera, 23 families, and five orders (Caudata, Anura, Crocodilia, Testudines, Squamata). The collection also includes bones of 12 species currently listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine: Salamandra salanandra, Lissotriton montandonti, Bombina (bombina) variegata, Rana dalmatina, Pseudopus apodus, Mediodactylus kotschyi, Lacerta viridis, Coronella austriaca, Elaphe dione, Zamenis situla, Zamenis longissimus, and Vipera renardi. Collection materials were collected at different times (from the last third of the 19th century until the present day) in 16 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In terms of further enrichment, the collection can be used in batrachological and herpetological studies, and will be of interest for palaeontologists, archaeozoologists, and morphologists who work with osteological ma-terials.

keywords: catalogue, caudates, anurans, crocodiles, turtles, squamates, diversity.

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