Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 100. (Budapest 2008)

Korsós, Z.: History of the Herpetological Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

KÁROLI referred to when saying (according to IMRE FRIVALDSZKY) that vipers live in Pest. Occurrence data in both articles are mainly based on specimens in the museum or on other papers. In the case of the former, the regularly returning habitats can be connected to famous collectors such as SALAMON PETÉNYI, IMRE and JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY, SÁNDOR MOCSÁRY, JÁNOS PÁVEL, FERENC KUBINYI, LAJOS LÓCZY, GYÖRGY RAINER, GÁBOR VÁRADY. In the case of the latter, the most frequent references are those of BlELZ (1856, Transylvania) and JEITTELES (1862, Kassa). In a summary written by J. FRIVALDSZKY (1880) the Herpetological Collection appeared with 687 specimens of 313 species. With the death of KÁROLI in 1882, unfortunately, began a sad, neglected period of almost 15 years for this material. There was no curator, so even though there were some valuable donations (for example the foreign collections by LAJOS LÓCZY, TIVADAR DUKA, GYULA MACHIK), specimens were stored unidentified and amid very bad circumstances. Table 2. Amphibians listed by KÁROLI ( 1878) for the Hungarian part of the Herp. Collection Scientific name in KÁROLI Present scientific name Occurrences according to KÁROLI 1878 1878 (collection data/literature) Triton taeniatus Triturus vulgaris Budapest, Central Carpathian/Kassa Triton alpestris Triturus alpestris Central Carpathian, Máramaros Mts, Mt. Semenik/Transylvania, Kassa Triton cristatus Triturus cristatus, Budapest, Buda, Temesvár/Transylvania, T. dobrogicus, Kassa T. carnifex Salamandra maculosa Salamandra salamandra Central Carpathian, Hegyes Drocsa, between the rivers White Körös and Maros/Transylvania, Kassa Salamandra atra Salamandra atra 2 specimens without locality record Pelotâtes fuscus Pelobates fuscus no specimen in the collection/ Transylvania Bombinator igneus Bombina bombina Rákos-Keresztúr, Nagy-Várad, Homona, Máramaros, Budapest/Transylvania, Kassa Hyla arborea Hyla arborea Budapest, Gellért Hill, Torna/ Transylvania Rana esculenta Rana esculenta, Budapest, Tázlár, Tiszaföldvár, R ridtbunda, Nagy-Várad, Szobráncz Spa/Kassa R lessonae Rana fuse a Rana dalmatina, Aggtelek Cave, Tatra Mts, Valaskócz R temporaria, Forest, Szobráncz Spa, Homona, R arvalis Temesvár/Transylvania, Kassa Bufo vulgaris Bufo bufo Transylvania, Budapest, Krassó/Kassa Bufo variabilis Bufo viridis no specimen in the collection Bufo calamita Bufo calamita no specimen in the collection