Siren lacertina Osterdam 1766
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- 1. Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052 rpyron @ colubroid. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2524 - 1794 & Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
- 2. Department of Natural Sciences, Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Description
Siren lacertina Österdam, 1766
Holbrook (1842e:101, pl. 34) provided a lengthy and detailed account of the Greater Siren, which he incorrectly attributed to Linnaeus (1767). He reported extensive familiarity with this species and having collected numerous specimens. Thus, it seems curious that very few museum specimens attributed to him survive. The MCZ catalog reports three specimens in two lots (MCZ A-145–6) received from Agassiz on 20 February 1862. Of these, MCZ A-145 was not present during our visit or during a 1996 collection survey. The other lot of two (MCZ A-146) consists of only a single tiny (~ 9mm) skull and a few vertebrae; the other putative specimen was not present. No other Siren specimens were found in extant collections associated with Holbrook. Whether the skull (MCZ A-146) is actually S. lacertina or possibly S. intermedia or Pseudobranchus striatus (see below) is unknown.
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- Osterdam, A. (1766) Siren lacertina. Dissertatione academica, Upsaliae, 20 pp., 1 pl.
- Holbrook, J. E. (1842 e) North American Herpetology: or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. Second Edition, Volume V. J. Dobson, Philadelphia, vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 4997
- Linnaeus, C. [Linne, C. a] (1767) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, ad editionem duodecimam reformatam Holmiensem. Trattnern, Vindobonae, 532 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 157601