Modern finds and collection materials of amphibians and reptiles collected by Melitopol herpetologists and fellow scientists

Nataliia Suriadna1, Halyna Mykytynets2, Oleksii Marushchak3

1 Department of Ecology and Information Technology, Melitopol Insitute of Ecology and Social Technologies of the University ‘Ukraine’, Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 Pryazovsky National Nature Park, Melitopol; 3 I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Nataliia Suriadna (suriadna@gmail.com)Halyna Mykytynets (skolot.gala@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Suriadna N, Mykytynets H (2024). Modern finds and collection materials of amphibians and reptiles collected by Melitopol herpetologists and fellow scientists. Version 1.0. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=melitopolmuseumherps&v=1.0

Abstract

The dataset contains information on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles mainly in southern Ukraine, the Azov and Black Sea regions, Crimea, the Melitopol region, as well as in some Asian and European countries.

Keywords: Occurrence, Melitopol museum, Ukraine, European countries, Central Asia, herpetofauna, fauna, amphibians, reptiles, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, newts, vipers, turtles, biodiversity, Observation

Project details

Project title: Saving Biodiversity Data in Wartime
Personnel: Oleksii Marushchak
Funding: “Saving Biodiversity Data in Wartime” project is funded by the European Union within its Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship Programme.

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=melitopolmuseumherps

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset includes only representatives of herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles).
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia, Squamata, Testudines
Order: Anura, Caudata
Family: Viperidae, Agamidae, Lacertidae, Colubridae, Gekkonidae, Anguidae, Emydidae, Salamandridae, Hylidae, Ranidae, Bufonidae, Pelobatidae, Bombinatoridae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The dataset covers the territory of the following areas and countries: Ukraine (South of Ukraine, Azov region of Ukraine, Black Sea region of Ukraine, Crimea, Melitopol region), russia (North-Western Caucasus, North-Eastern Caucasus), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary.
Coordinates: 37°9'50.95''N and 59°13'13.69''N Latitude; 18°58'25.8''E and 136°37'34.17''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 1, 1971 - November 3, 2023

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Digitisation of the authors' own field diaries since 1996 and records of colleagues since 2005.
- . 	Digitalization of stock collections since 1971.
- . 	Species affiliation was determined independently or according to the available original labels.
- . 	Georeferencing (coordinates were determined using GPS, compass applications, and Google Maps).
- . 	Preparing of the dataset in accordance with the requirements of Darwin Core standards
Study extent description: The dataset consists of records of representatives of herpetofauna recorded on the territory of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and russia in the period from 1971 to 2013. The dataset was created in order to save unique data on records of various herpetofauna observations from Melitopol museum, that at the moment of dataset publishing is occupied by russian invasion forces.
Sampling description: The dataset includes information on Amphibian and Reptile finds collected by well-known scientists and scientists of the Melitopol Herpetological School (Melitopol) with the participation of the the Department of Zoology at the National Museum of Natural
History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv). All researchers are proficient in field methods, so data collection and the reliability of species identification are beyond doubt. Each species presented in the dataset has its own field research methods, which were used by the researchers and published in the relevant works. The coordinates of modern finds were determined using GPS, compass applications, and Google maps. Materials of the stock collections were digitised with the refinement of coordinates in Google maps based on the coordination of entries in the field diaries of collectors and primary labels of the stock collection. Information about the finds, time and territory of the research was noted and described directly during the research expeditions.
Quality control description: The correct identification of amphibians and reptiles and the quality of the dataset as a whole are guaranteed by extensive experience. I have been researching amphibians and reptiles for more than 25 years, including 15 years of scientific work at the Melitopol Herpetological Laboratory (1996-2010). I have a PhD degree (2006). D. thesis on amphibians of Ukraine. Head, co-executor and consultant of about 20 research topics, developments, projects, including international ones on the study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Modern finds and collection materials of amphibians and reptiles collected by Melitopol herpetologists and fellow scientists
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=melitopolmuseumherps
Publication date of data: 2024-02-22
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2024-02-22
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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