Amphibian Scientific Collection of the Zoological Museum of Saratov State University as the Basis for the Regional Cadastre
The characteristic is given and the taxonomic structure of the modern bathrachological collection of the Zoological Museum of the Saratov National Research State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky is analyzed. Currently, it has 1903 specimens of amphibians belonging to 46 species of 13 families. The Ranidae family is the most fully presented one (43.3% of the total number of storage units). In total, the Ranidae collection contains 711 specimens of 10 frog species, of which 2 species (569 specimens) account for Saratov regional collections. In addition, the collections of Bombinatoridae and toads are relatively vast, making up 18.2 and 17.9% of the total collection by volume, respectively