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INTRODUZIONE Le prime conoscenze sull'erpetofauna di Verona risalgono ad uno scritto di Pollini relativo al Monte Baldo e ai Lessini (1816), seguito nella seconda metà dell'800 dalle opere di Massalongo (1859), Garbini (1898) e De Betta. Fu proprio quest'ultimo a definire con diversi trattati e la sua collezione erpetologica, le specie presenti e l...
Sebbene pochi anfibi in Europa possano essere considerati troglobi o stigobi (es. Proteus anguinus), alcuni di essi sono particolarmente legati agli ambienti sotterranei, dove passano lunghi periodi (ad es. gli urodeli del genere Hydromantes) ed altri ricercano attivamente le grotte o cavità sotterranee in alcuni momenti dell’anno come nei periodi...
Natural history museums are irreplaceable tools to study and preserve the biological diversity around the globe and among the primary actors in the recognition of species and the logical repositories for their type specimens. In this paper we surveyed the consistency of the preserved specimens of amphibians and reptiles housed in the major Italian...
During his long period of work at the Museum of Verona, Attilio Mottolli collected and prepared a wide amount of mi-cro-mammals from various regions of northeastern Italy. His collection includes over 5.000 specimens belonging to different orders of mammals of which micro-mammals are the most abundant. The specimens in this collection have been stu...
The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona, Italy, contains roughly 20000 vials, including approximately 2000 species of Araneae and other Arachnida from all over the world. Within the collection, type material represents an important proportion with a count of more than 373 type series. All samples are distribu...
The SAC Val Galina Progno Borago is part of the Natura 2000 network established by the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC.
In the present paper the priority habitats and the species included in the various annexes of the above mentioned Directive are reported. Currently 19 animal species have been recorded and four different habitats have been identifed.
The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy) houses unique zoological collections of invertebrates. Among them the arachnological collections represent an excellence, boasting thousands of specimens and hundreds of species of arachnids (mostly spiders) from all over the world. Within the stored samples, types represents a conspicuous and c...
Panels for a temporary exhibition on the elephants of the Museo di Storia Naturale of Verona
Riassunto. Le collezioni zoologiche del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona comprendono circa tre milioni di esemplari e la loro origine risale alla metà del sedicesimo secolo. Inizialmente poco consistenti, si sono poi arricchite a partire dalla metà dell'Ottocento grazie al contributo di numerosi naturalisti veronesi. Le raccolte vertebrato...
The cetological collection of the Museo di Storia Naturale of Verona.
After a brief historical review on the formation of the cetological collection of the Museo di Storia Naturale of
Verona, the list and the data of repertorie of the materials that composes the collection are given (20 specimens beloging to six species).
Key words: Cetacea, collec...
The cetological collection of the Museo di Storia Naturale of Verona.
After a brief historical review on the formation of the cetological collection of the Museo di Storia Naturale of
Verona, the list and the data of repertorie of the materials that composes the collection are given (20 specimens beloging to six species).
Key words:Cetacea, collect...
Veneto region Italy)(Rodentia: Hystricidae).
The crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata (L. 1758) has recently expanded northwards and
reached the Liguria, Lombardy and Veneto regions in a short time span. Within the Veneto
region, this species is known since mid Eighties, in the plain and hilly areas of Verona,
Rovigo, Vicenza and Venice provinces. T...
The porcupine (Hystrix cristata) is a typical species of northern Africa while in Europe it is only present in the Italian penisula. Since the mid eighties of the last century the distribution of this species, classically identified in the center-south of Italy and in Sicily, has been in rapid expan- sion northwards and it now occupies completely n...
La creazione di un Osservatorio nasce dalla necessità di approfondire le conoscenze sulla biodiversità delle aree naturali e urbanizzate del territorio comunale e di coniugare gli studi scientifici con le politiche di gestione e pianificazione territoriale. Il primo obiettivo che l’Osservatorio si pone è quello di raccogliere ed organizzare tutti i...
When, during the 16th century, bizarre, so far unknown animals and plants began to reach Europe through the explorations of distant countries, several enthusiasts began to collect objects coming from different parts of the world. Among them, it must be recalled Francesco Calzolari, who arranged, in his house in Verona, what can be regarded as the f...
