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Issue: Vol. 36 No. 1: 29 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.36.1.6
Page range: 118-151
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LTH 2. Literatura Taxonomica Herpetologica.2. Glossary

Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE; Université des Antilles; Paris; France
Association RACINE; 5 allée des cygnes; 35750 Saint-Maugan; France
Early publications taxonomy taxa taxonomic categories nomenclature nomina hierarchical relationships nominal-series nomenclatural ranks assignment availability allocation validity correctness amphibians reptiles

Abstract

The present paper presents the etymologies, definitions and bibliographic references of the technical nomenclatural and other terms used in the LTH series of papers, as well as their equivalent terms used for the same concepts in the Code in the rather rare cases when they exist.

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