NEW FOREIGN HERPETOLOGICAL MATERIALS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE GRIGORE ANTIPA >> MUSEUM OF NATU- RAL HISTORY ( )

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1 NEW FOREIGN HERPETOLOGICAL MATERIALS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE GRIGORE ANTIPA >> MUSEUM OF NATU- RAL HISTORY ( ) L'auteur prksente les matiriels herp6tologiques obtenus par le Musium $Histoire naturelle Grigore Antipa H les dix derniires annies ( ). Ce materiel contient 46 espices appartenant B 16 families. 35 de ces especes n'existaient pas avant dans les collections de notre muske. On indique aussi les donateurs et les institutions donatrices. In the present paper our intention is to present only the foreign herpetological materials acquired by our museum during the last ten years. Until now the herpetological collections of the << Grigore Antipa>> Museum have been popularized by K i r i ; e s c u (1930), C 5 1 i n e s c u (1931), F u h n (1961, 1969). All these papers present Romanian specimens only. The only paper in which we can find a larger reference to the foreign herpetological specimens from our museum is that of M a r i n e s c u and R o j a n c o v s k i (1972), about dr. Ilarie Mitrea's zoological collection from the Indo-Malayan archipelago during the years This collection contains 2 species of Amphibians and 39 species of Reptiles. The new specimens come to us from donations made by foreign museums and similar institutions from abroad, as well as from expeditions organized by our museum. For instance, many valuable materials were collected by the Director dr. doc. Mihai Bgcescu, Corr. Member of the Scientific Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, during his participation in the French Oceanographic Expedition in the Indian Ocean on the "Thalassa" vessel in Some Reptiles were procured by our colleagues Amelie Marcus and dr. doc. A. Popescu-Gorj, who visited Israel and respectively Brazil. The 7 specimens of Pelamis platurus were received through the donation of the Captain Petre Muregan, who also donated a large Chelonia mydas mydas. A specimen of Caretta caretta caretta was given to us by dr. Geza Miiller, participant in the researches made by the "Delta Dungrii" vessel in the Libyan waters in Emphasis should be laid on the remarkable importance and rarity of the Brazilian materials donated by Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini and also of the Titicaca toad donated by Cdt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau as well as of the Sea Snakes from the Indian Ocean.

2 632 MIRCEA ANDREI Now the whole material is preserved in formalin except the Cuban Boa, the Sea Turtles and the Crocodiles which were naturalized in our Taxidermy Department. The new material is formed of the 79 specimens belonging to 46 species, 44 genera from 16 families. 20 specimens belonging to 7 species from 4 families were determined by us. Among these exhibits, mention should be made that a number of 35 species have never been contained by the herpetological collection of our musem (marked with *). The last materials come to complete and enrich our scientific collections. ABBREVIATIONS I.R.C.M. - Institutul Romln de Cercetitri Marine Constants, Romlnia - Instituto de Zoologia SZo-Paulo, Brasil M.I.N.B. - Muzeul de istorie natural& a Grigore Antipa r Bucuregti, Romlnia M.H.N.N. Museum d'histoire naturelle Nantes, France h1.n.h.n. - Musium national d'iiistoire naturelle Paris, France M.N.H.S.I. - Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. M.O.M. - Mus6e Oceanographique de Monaco, France N.M.T. - National Museum Tokio, Japan Z.M.T.A.U.I. -Zoological Museum of the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel The list of the species CL. AMPHIBIA Ord. URODELA Fam. Salamandridae * Onichodactylus japonicus (Houtt.) - Mount Chokai - Zan, cca m Yamagata prefecture, Japan, 21 Aug. 1951, leg. Shun Ichi Ueno, don. Prof. dr. Shigen Fukuda, N.M.T. Ord. ANURA Fam. Ranidae * Rana clamitans melanota Raf. - 2 adult specimens and 2 tadpoles Massachusetts, U.S.A., July 1972, leg. dr. doc. Mihai Bgcescu, M.I.N.B. det. M. Andrei M.I.N.B. Fam. Leptodactylidae * Telmatobius culeus (Grim.) - Titicaca Lake, South America, Oct. 1968, don. Cdt. J.-Y. Cousteau, M.O.M. CL. REPTILIA Ord. TESTUDINIDES Fam. Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas mydas L. -Atlantic Ocean, 1968, don. Petre Murevan.

3 NEW FOREIGN HERPETOLOGICAL MATERIALS G33 Caretta caretta caretta (L.) - 1 adult specimen Mediterranean Sea, 1976, don. dr. Geza Miiller, I.R.C.M. and 1 juvenile specimen, Atlantic Ocean, 1968, don. Petre Muregan, det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B. Ord. SAURIA Fam. Geckonidae * Tarentola annularis Geoffr. - Somalia, March 1977; leg. dr. doc. Mihai Bgcescu, det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B. Fam. Iguanidae * Enyalius iherengii Boul. -Brazil; don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Plica umbra L. - Brazil; don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Polycrus acutirostris Spix. - Brazil; don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, *Tropidurus torquatus Wied. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Uraniscodon superciliosum (L.) -Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Uranostrophus vautieri Dum. et Bibr. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, Fam. Scincidae * Chalcides sepsoidcs Aud. - Beer-Sheba Israel, 23 May 1969, leg. et don. Amelie Marcus, M.I.N.B. * Mabuya dorsivittata Cope - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, Fam. Teiidae * Ameiva ameiva L. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Cnemidophorus ocellifer Spix. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, Fam. Amphisbaenidae * Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch. -Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Leptosternon microcephalum Wagl. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini Ord. OPHIDIA Fam. Leptotyphlopidae * Leptotyphlops phillipsi Barbour - Ein Gedi, Israel, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. Fam. Boidae Boa constrictor L. - Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini,

4 634 MIRCEA ANDREI * Calabaria reinhardti Schl. - La Mabok6, Rgpublique Centrafrieaine, 1966 don. dr. Rolande Roux-Esteve, M.N.H.N. Python sebae (Gmel.)- Belinga, 10 Km. N-E of Makoukou, 100 Km. W. of Kamboma (N-E of Gabon), 5 Oct. 1964, don. dr. Rolande Roux- Esteve, M.N.H.N. Epicrates angulifer Bibr. - Cuba, 1969, don. dr. doc. Mihai Bgcescu, M.I.N.B. Sanzinia madagascariensis Durn. et Bibr. -Madagascar, 1977, don. dr. Rolande Roux-Esteve, M.N.H.N. Fam. Colubridae * Coluber najadum Eich. - 2 specimens as follows: a) Lod, Israel, 2 Dec and b) Abu Kabir, Israel, 3 July 1962, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. * Coluber ravergieri MBnBt. - 2 specimens as follows: a) Exp. Zoo Tel-Aviv Israel, b) Ramle, Israel, 21 Dec. 1976, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. * Liophis miliaris L. - 2 specimens as follows: a) Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, ; b) SSo-Paulo, Brazil, 1967, don. dr. doc. A. Popescu-Gorj, M.I.N.B. * Litorhynchus diadema diadema Durn. et Bibr. - 2 specimens, El- Arish, Israel, 23 May 1969, don. Amelie Marcus, M.I.N.B. * Oxyrhopus trigeminus Dum. et Bibr. -Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Spalerosophis diadema cliffordi (Schl.) - Beer-Sheba, Israel, 23 May 1969, Leg. H. Zinner, don. Amelie Marcus, M.I.N.B. * Symophis rhinostoma Schl. - Slo-Paulo, Brazil, don. dr. doc. A. Popescu-Gorj, M.I.N.B. * Telescopus syriacus - Afula, Israel, 20 April 1969, don. Amelie Marcus, M.I.N.B. Fam. Elapidae * Micrurus corallinus Merr. - 2 specimens as follo~vs: a) SZo-Paulo, Brazil, 1967, don. dr. doc. A. Popescu-Gorj, M.I.N.B. ; b) Brazil, don. Prof. dr. Paulo E. Vanzolini, * Naja melanocephalus - South Africa, 16 Nov. 1970, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. Fam. Hydrophiidae * Enhydrina schstosa Daud - Gulf of Oman, near the Pakistani coast, above a bottom of 80 m. (266, 6 ft.), March 1977, leg. dr. doc. Mihai Blicescu, M.I.N.B., det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B. Pelamis platurus L. - 7 specimens, Bombay, Indian Ocean, March 1970, don. Petre Mureyan, det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B. * Lapemis curtzcs Shaw - 4 specimens, Gulf of Oman, near the Pakistani coast, above a bottom of 80 m. (266,6 ft.), March 1977, leg. dr. doc. Mihai BBcescu, M.I.N.B., det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B.

5 KER' FOREIGN HERPETOLOGICAL MATERIALS 635 * Hydrophis fasciatus fasciatus Schneid. - Gulf of Oman, near the Pakistani coast, above a bottom of 80 m. (266,6 ft.), March 1977, leg. dr. doc. Mihai BBcescu, M.I.N.B., det. M. Andrei, M.I.N.B. Fam. Viperidae Aspis cerastes L. - 2 specimens as follows: a) Abu Rodeis, Israel, 1 June 1975, leg. Amos Brazilai; b) El-Arish, Israel, 8 Sept. 1974, leg. David Tel-Tzur, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. * Aspis uipera L. - Nama, Israel, 22 Sept. 1976, don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I. * Cerastes uipera L. - Gabes, Tunis, July 1969, leg. et det. dr. doc. Mihai Blcescu, M.I.N.B. Vipera aspis aspis L. - Gorges near Clisson, Loire, Atlantique, 10 Aug. 1977, don. Hervk Kervan, M.H.N.N. * Vipera xanthina palestinae (Werner) -4 specimens don. Prof. dr. Lew Fishelson, Z.M.T.A.U.I., as follows: a) Nir Eliahu, Israel, 12 February 1977, leg. Haim Segal; b) Beith Zera, Israel, 20 March 1977; c) Lod, Israel, 24 Oct. 1976, leg. Haviv Jehudah; d) Kfar Vitkin, Israel, 20 May 1973, leg. David Jeeutirl. Agkistrodon piscivorus LacBp. - Mc. Lenan County, Waco, Texas, U.S.A., don. Dr. W. Roland Heyer, M.N.H.S.I. * Crotalus ziiridis Raf. - Los Angeles County, U.S.A., don. Dr. W. Roland Heyer, M.N.H.S.I. Fam. Crocodylidae Crocodylus rhombifer Cuv. - 2 specimens as follows: a) Zoo Bgneasa Bucuresti, 10 Aug. 1978, det. dr. doc. Mihai Bgcescu, M.I.N.B.; b) Cuba, 1969, don. dr. doc. Mihai Bicescu, M.I.N.B. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are deeply grateful to those who contributed to the enrichment of our Herpetological collections and we take this oportunity to thank them all. NO1 EXEMPLARE HERPETOLOGICE STRAINE INTRATE RECENT IN COLECTIILE- MUZEULUI DE ISTORIE NATURALA cc GRIGORE ANTIPA>> ( ) REZUMAT Autorul prezint5 materialele herpetologice strgine intrate in perioada , in colectiile Muzeului de istorie natural5 (c Grigore Antipa>>, constind din 79 excmplare apar;inind la 46 specii, din 1.6 familii; dintre acestea, 20 cxemplare din 7 specii, incadrate in 4 familii au fost determinate de autor. Se mentioneazl aportul Directorului Muzeului de Istorie natural5 cc Grigore Antipan, dr. doc. Mihai Bzcescu, la irnboggtirea colectiilor herpetologicc, prin donarii qi prin colect5ri personale.

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