Catalogue of herpetological specimens of the Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum (EWNHM), Republic of Korea

Yucheol Shin; Yikweon Jang; Steven J R Allain; Amaël Borzée

doi:10.3897/zookeys.965.52976

Catalogue of herpetological specimens of the Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum (EWNHM), Republic of Korea

Zookeys. 2020 Sep 3:965:103-139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.965.52976. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Yucheol Shin^{1

2

3}, Yikweon Jang², Steven J R Allain⁴, Amaël Borzée¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Conservation, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China.
² Division of EcoScience and Department of Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, South Korea Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, South Korea Kangwon National University Chuncheon South Korea.
⁴ Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom University of Kent Canterbury United Kingdom.

Abstract

The herpetology collection of the Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum (EWNHM) represents one of the oldest and largest institutional collections in the Republic of Korea. The specimens deposited in the EWNHM represent a major historical collection of the native herpetofauna, both in species diversity and time span. However, the full inventory of the herpetology collection has never been conducted and thus the collection has received little attention from researchers. Here, the first full account of the herpetology specimens held at the EWNHM is provided, with voucher information for all documented specimens to make the collection accessible for future studies.

Keywords: Amphibia; Reptilia; Republic of Korea; herpetology; historical collection; museum specimens.

Yucheol Shin, Yikweon Jang, Steven J. R. Allain, Amaël Borzée.