Title
The Van Voast-American Museum of Natural History Bahama Islands Expedition : record of the expedition and general features of the islands
Title Variants
Alternative:
Bahama Islands
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 1836
By
Rabb, George B. (George Bernard), 1930-2017
Hayden, Ellis B. Jr.
Van Voast-American Museum Of Natural History Bahama Islands Expedition 1952-1953
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1957]
Notes
Title from caption.
"June 28, 1957."
"In the 20 weeks from December, 1952, to May, 1953, spent in the Bahamas, the Van Voast-American Museum of Natural History Bahama Islands Expedition collected 48,500 insects and arachnids, 2106 reptiles, 684 amphibians, and 67 mammals. With the exclusion of the arachnids, the composition is: Insects: Thysanura, 50; Collembola, 100; Orthoptera, 470; Isoptera, 500; Neuroptera, 140; Ephemeroptera, 5; Odonata, 300; Corrodentia, 92; Thysanoptera, 50; Hemiptera, 6,560; Homoptera, 5,970; Dermaptera, 78; Coleoptera, 9,450; Trichoptera, 2; Lepidoptera, 8,330; Diptera, 11,980; Hymenoptera, 1,850. Reptiles: Anolis, 991; Leiocephalus, 518; Ameiva, 249; Sphaerodactylus, 202; Cyclura, 63; Tarentola, 14; Aristelliger, 12; Mabuya, 11; Alsophis, 12; Tropidophis, 9; Epicrates, 4; Pseudemys, 21. Amphibians: Eleutherodactylus, 411; Hyla, 273. Mammals: Artibeus, 32; Erophylla, 27; Macrotus, 5; Geocapromys, 3. Cold, dry weather and high winds during the first seven weeks contributed to the poor entomological and herpetological collecting results. Evidence of this is that we collected a many insects during the last two weeks as we did during the first six weeks. Our collecting sites, with their latitudes, longitudes, dates, and locations on the map (fig. 1) are given in table 3. This expedition made the first comprehensive entomological survey of the Bahamas, added many new locality records for the reptiles and amphibians, and substantially augmented the existing series of Bahama herpetological material. With the exception of Great Exuma Island, the Ragged Island Group, and Samana Cay, the expedition collected on all the major islands and island groups in the Bahamas. Collections made between May and October would greatly help to complement our material. Likewise, intensive work on individual islands, such as that described by Vaurie (1952), Howard (1950), and Oliver (1948) for Bimini, will be necessary in order to gain a clearer understanding of the Bahama biota"--P. 45-47.
Subjects
(1952-1953)
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5.083(729.6)
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Animals
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Bahamas
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Description and travel
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Natural history
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Scientific Expeditions
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Van Voast-American Museum of Natural History Baham
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.1836 1957
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
31834319
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