DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15159612
title: TABLE 1 in A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the salamanders (Urodela) from Holbrook's North American Herpetology

description: TABLE 1. Accession, allocation, locality, date, and disposition of 51 Holbrook-associated specimens extant in the ANSP, MCZ, and MNHN, along with six missing specimens and four specimens illustrated by Holbrook (1842e) from previous publications. Accession is the collection number, Allocation refers to the present-day taxonomy of the specimen, Locality is the verbatim locality from the museum catalog or reference in the case of secondary illustrations, Date are any data regarding dates of collection or deposit, and Disposition refers to our notes about the condition, whereabouts, or type status of the specimen.
AccessionAllocationLocalityDateDispositionANSP 460Amphiuma meansSouth Carolina-Probably the specimen illustrated in Holbrook (1842e, pl. 30)ANSP 461Amphiuma meansSouth Carolina--ANSP 490Eurycea quadridigitataSouth Carolina-Lectotype; probably the specimen illustrated in Holbrook (1842e, pl. 21)ANSP 716Eurycea guttolineataSouth Carolina-LectotypeANSP 717Eurycea guttolineataSouth Carolina-ParalectotypeANSP 814–20, 822–5Desmognathus fuscusPennsylvania-Holbrook’s original allocation is unknownANSP 821Desmognathus fuscusPennsylvania-Lectotype of Salamandra maculo-quadrata Holbrook, 1840; probably the specimen illustrated in pl. 26ANSP 1322Ambystoma maculatumNew Jersey-Originally cataloged as Ambystoma tigrinumANSP 1383Ambystoma maculatumNew York--ANSP 10590Hemidactylium scutatumCook Co., Illinois-Species not mentioned in North American HerpetologyANSP 14001Desmognathus sp. “quadramaculatus”Pennsylvania-Probably the specimen illustrated in Holbrook (1842e, pl. 27)MCZ A-146Siren lacertinaCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862Lot of 2 from Agassiz; tiny skull and vertebrae, ID uncertain; second specimen missingMCZ A-183Desmognathus sp. “quadramaculatus”Charleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862Paper note in bottle from T. Barbour reads ‘Probably given by Holbrook to Louis Agassiz’MCZ A-245–246, 99284–99295Ambystoma tigrinumCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862From Agassiz; 14 Ambystoma tigrinum from 20 original specimens in lots MCZ A-245–6MCZ A-256Cryptobranchus alleganiensisCharleston, S.C.Collected in 1852Received from Agassiz 20 February 1862; dry skeletonMCZ A-1122Notophthalmus viridescensCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862From Agassiz; originally in lot MCZ A-245, re-cataloged in 1875MCZ A-1199Hemidactylium scutatumCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862Species not mentioned in North American Herpetology; originally in lot A-245 from AgassizMCZ A-120827Hemidactylium scutatumCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862Originally a duplicate of A-1199 re-cataloged in June 1995MCZ A-125873–4Notophthalmus viridescensCharleston, S.C.Received 20 February 1862Originally duplicates of A-1122 re-cataloged in September 1996MNHN-RA 0.4666Plethodon glutinosus complexCaroline du sudReceived prior to 1854Lectotype of Plethodon variolosum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854:84; probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’sMNHN-RA 0.4675Desmognathus auriculatusGeorgieReceived December 1856Lectotype; from an exchange with the ANSP by HallowellMNHN-RA 0.4677Desmognathus fuscusCaroline du sudReceived prior to 1854Probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’s; see Duméril et al. (1854:85); Holbrook’s original allocation is unknownMNHN-RA 0.4688Eurycea guttolineataCaroline du sud-Probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’sMNHN-RA 0.4696Ambystoma maculatumCaroline du sud-Probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’sMNHN-RA 0.4701Ambystoma opacumCaroline du sud-Probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’sMNHN-RA 0.4718Notophthalmus viridescensCaroline du sud-Probably hand-delivered by Holbrook in 1840’sMNHN-RA 2012.464Desmognathus fuscusCaroline du sudReceived prior to 1854Originally MNHN-RA 0.4677aMissing SpecimensANSP 4076Ambystoma maculatumNew York-Catalog entry: “Donor: Dr. Holbrook. Taken from Penna. State Colln. Jan. 1895.”MCZ A-145Siren lacertinaCharlestonReceived 20 February 1862From Agassiz; not found in December 1996MCZ A-270Amphiuma meansSouth CarolinaReceived 17 October 1862Originally a lot of 3 received from AgassizMCZ A-4400Hemidactylium scutatumSo. Carolina-Provenance unclear; may be third specimen from lot MCZ A-245/A-1199Figured SpecimensMNHN-RA 0.7821Amphiuma tridactyliumCuvier (1827: figs. 6–10)Collected 1826Lectotype after Thireau (1986); likely model for Holbrook (1842e: pl. 31)USNM 3840Gyrinophilus porphyriticusGreen (1827: 1 st pl., fig. 2)Collected prior to 1827Lectotype; drawing copied without canthus rostralisUSNM 3968Ambystoma jeffersonianumGreen (1827: 1 st pl., fig. 1)Collected prior to 1827Holotype; preserved specimen drawn as if aliveUSNM 3981Ambystoma jeffersonianumDe Kay (1842: pl. 23, fig. 66)Collected prior to 1842Lot; larger specimen is lectotype of Salamandra granulata De Kay in Holbrook, 1842e
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TABLE 1. (Continued)
description: Published as part of Pyron, R. Alexander & Beamer, David A., 2022, A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the salamanders (Urodela) from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, pp. 183-184 in Zootaxa 5134 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6534805