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such an action makes the subsequent association of specific specimens as paratypes difficult. This 

 difficulty is most evident in the R. F. Laurent gift of African hyperoliid and ranid frogs. All Laurent 

 specimens indicated as paratypes when deposited or in subsequence correspondence have been 

 included in this list. 



Using the above criteria, the LACM herpetological collection contains a total of 2,233 type 

 specimens representing 249 taxa as follows: 



Taxa Holotypes Paratypes 



Gymnophiona 1 1 



Caudata 47 14 334 



Anura 113 43 978 



Testudines 4 2 18 



Amphisbaenia 1 4 



Lizards 60 9 744 



Serpentes 23 6 80 



Total 249 75 2158 



The basic collections data for the types derives the original description; however, for 

 consistency of presentation and to match the standard LACM entry format, we have rearranged the 

 locality information from largest to smallest geographic unit, whether or not that was order in the 

 original publication. Our corrections, changes, and emendations of the catalog data are enclosed in 

 brackets. Some bracketed items represent additional information, not given in the original 

 description, but available from the files and other collection records (e.g., collector, date, additional 

 locality details, current catalog number). We also included in brackets our assessment of the current 

 species name, where the specimens identity differs from that provided in the original description. 

 We have not evaluated the status of subspecific names. 



The following abbreviations were used in the designation of types now deposited in the LACM 

 collection. 



AHF-USC 



Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California 



AMNH 



American Museum of Natural History 



ASU 



Arizona State University 



CMF 



Charles M. Fugler 



CRE 



Costa Rican Expeditions 



CSULB 



California State University, Long Beach 



DRP 



Dennis R. Paulson 



EAL 



Ernest A. Liner 



ECNB 



Escuela Nacional Ciencias 



ENEPI 



Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales Iztacala 



ERP 



Eric R. Pianka 



FML 



Fundacion Miguel Lillo 



FMNH 



Field Museum of Natural History 



GOV 



G. Orces V. collection at USNM 



