The Herpetological Collection comprises about 50 000 specimens of 3520 species and subspecies of amphibians and reptiles . Much of the material has been collected between the end of the 19th century and the thirtees of this century, some even in the early 19th century. At the moment 320 type specimens of 139 species are recorded. The type material, the Gymnophiona, Amphisbaenia and the Chelonia are computerized (Herpetological Data Base)
Reptile types
Ambibian types

Literature relating to the Herpetological Collection

Hallermann, J. (1998): Annotated catalogue of the type specimens of the herpetological collection in the Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg. - Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst, 95: 197-223.

Hallermann, J. (1998): The ethmoidal region of Dibamus taylori (Squamata: Dibamidae), with a phylogenetic hypothesis on dibamid relationships within Squamata. - Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 122: 385-426.

Hallermann, J. (2000): The taxanomic status of Acanthosaura fruhstorferi Werner, 1904 and Calotes brevipes Werner, 1904 (Squamata: Agamidae). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Zool. Reihe 76(1): 143-150.

Hallermann, J. & Böhme, W. (2000): A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia. Amphibia-Reptilia 21(2): 193-210.

Hallermann, J. (2001). Bemerkenswerter Mageninhalt von Mehelya stenophthalmus (Serpentes: Colubridae). - Salamandra 37: 105-106.

Hallermann, J. (2001): Die herpetologische Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg. - Pp. 389-390 in: Rieck, W., Hallmann, G. & Bischoff, W. (ed.). Mertensiella. - Rheinbach. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde.

Hallermann, J., N. B. Ananjeva & N. L. Orlov (2001): On a remarkable collection of reptiles and amphibians collected by the German Indian Expedition 1955-1958. - Russ. J. Herpetol., 8(1): 59-68.

Hallermann, J, N. B. Ananjeva, N Orlov & F. Tillack (2002): LEONARDO FEA's historical collection of Amphibia and Reptilia from Burma deposited at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg. - Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst., 99: 139-153.

Hallermann, J. & Böhme, W. (2002): On giant anguids from the West Indies with special reference to Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) and its relatives from Hispaniola (Reptilia: Squamata: Anguidae). - Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 99: 169-178.

Hallermann, J. (2004): A new species of the genus Bronchocela from the tropical rain forest of southern Vietnam. - Russ. J. Herpetol. 11(1): 30-34.

Hallermann, J. (2005): A taxonomic review of the genus Bronchocela (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from Vietnam. - Russ. J. Herpetol. 12(3): 167-182.

Hallermann, J. & Glaw, F. (2006 in press): Evidence for oviparity in the extinct bolyeriid snake Bolyeria multocarinata (BOIE, 1827). - Herpetozoa 19(1/2).