The Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from INPA (INPA-H) houses testimonial material from surveys and herpetofauna studies carried out in several regions across the Amazon Basin. Currently, the collection upholds more than 44,000 specimens of amphibians and reptiles, most of which are wet preserved, but also houses dry preserved material such as chelonian carapaces and alligator skins ans skulls. In addition, INPA-H is home to 690 type-specimens, including holotypes and paratypes of at least 43 amphibian and 9 reptile species. 
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Specimens of Hemiphractus scutatus Spix 1824, deposited at INPA-H.

INPA-H Team / Equipe INPA-H

Fernanda P. Werneck

PhD in Integrative Biology/BYU
contact: [email protected]

Curator. ​2013-present.

Ariane A. A. Silva

MSc in Zoology/MPEG
​Contact: [email protected]

Collection Manager. ​2013-present.

Vanessa Braga

MSc in Ecology/INPA
​Contact: [email protected]

Collection Assistant. PCI/INPA Fellow. ​2022-present.

Loans and visits / Empréstimos e visitas

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Holotype of Marinussaurus curupira Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2011, Am Mus Novit, deposited at INPA-H.
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Holotype and allotype of Allobates nunciatus Moraes, Pavan & Lima, 2019 Zootaxa. deposited at INPA-H.
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Paratypes of Scinax ruberoculatus Ferrão, Fraga, Moravec, Kaefer & Lima, 2018, PeerJ, deposited at INPA-H.