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| | Herpetology - Type Collection |
 | | In taxonomic coverage, the Australian Museum houses types of the amphibian families Bufonidae, Hylidae, Microhylidae, Myobatrachidae and Ranidae, and the reptile families Crocodylidae, Carettochelydidae, Cheloniidae, Cheluidae, Trionychidae, Agamidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Scincidae, Varanidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Hydrophiidae and Typhlopidae. |
 | | Identification of many of the type specimens described by the early researchers at the Museum is problematic, as the extent and nature of the type series was often not stated. |
 | | A review of existing material in museum collections by Patrick Couper of the Queensland Museum recognised it was in fact a complex of several closely related species. |
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