MUSEUM QUEST
ZOOLOGY
Critically endangered and Highly Vulnerable Amphibians and Reptiles (a sample)
Species: Atelopus varius (Harlequin frog)
SLU Cat No.: SLU 01353-01355
Tulane Cat No.: TU 17938
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Country: Costa Rica
Locality: Tribi near San Jose
Specimen count: n=3
Preparation type: wet (EtOH)
Collection date: 1960
Collector: John De Abate
IUCN status: "Critically endangered" -2008.
Species: Lithobates sevosus (dusky gopher frog)
SLU Cat No.: SLU-01748-TC-51
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Country: USA
Locality: Glen's Pond, De Soto National Forest, Harrison County, MS
Specimen count: n=1
Preparation type: skeleton and tissue
Collection date: March 19 2000
Collector: Stephen Richter
Prep: Danielle Wasserman
IUCN status: "Critically endangered" -2004
Species: Ambystoma dumereli
SLU Cat No.: SLU 01203
Tulane Cat No.: TU 18818
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomidae
Country: Mexico
Locality: Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan Patzcuaro
Specimen count: n=1
Preparation type: wet (EtOH)
Collection date: 07 12 1964
Collector: E.A. Liner, H.A. Dundee
Notes: purchased at a local fish market
IUCN status: "Critically endangered" last assessed 2008
Species: Ambystoma leorae
SLU Cat No.: SLU 01256-01261
Tulane Cat No.: TU 18238-1824
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomidae
Country: Mexico
Locality: El Nogalar, Nuevo Leon
Specimen count: n=6
Preparation type: wet (EtOH)
Collection date: 10 15 1956
Collector: R. Hernandez Corza
Identified by: Original ID by James Anderson 1971, current ID by E.A. Liner 1995.
Notes: TU tag and ledger spelling: "leonarae".
IUCN status: "Critically endangered"-2008. Very limited distribution, perilously close to Mexico City.
Species: Bolitoglossa pesrubra
SLU Cat No.: SLU 01242
Tulane Cat No.: TU 19558
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Country: Costa Rica
Locality: Cerro De La Muerte, Cartago Province
Specimen count: n=14
Preparation type: wet (EtOH)
Collection date: 01 00 1961
Collector: R.D. Suttkus
Identified by: B. Crother Feb 10 2014
IUCN status: "Vulnerable" last assessed 2008
Species: Pseudoeurycea robertsi
SLU Cat No.: SLU 06046-06047
Tulane Cat No.: TU 19351-19352
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Country: Mexico
Locality: Raices on Nevado de Toluca (Xinantecatl). 11,150 ft.
Specimen count: n=2
Preparation type: wet (EtOH)
Collection date: July 6 1969
Collector: H.A. Dundee
Notes:
IUCN status: "Critically endangered" - 2004
