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Contribution to the herpetology of Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by William Wright Milstead (Amphibia, Reptilia)

In this paper we are presenting the list of the specimens and the taxa obtained; there are 73 names of species belonging to 40 genera, of which 32 species and 13 genera are amphibians, and 42 species and 27 genera are reptiles. There are several field notes of Milstead and many data on the snakes studied by Lema with Milstead. The collection was widespread by Milstead to several institutions, but mainly to Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, and Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Zoogeography; Amphibia; Reptilia; Argentina; Brazil


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