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Bursa granularis

Granular Frog Shell

130

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1916

First collected

1996

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

56 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1910s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1916 by Thaanum; Thaanum (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1996; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 5, 2026.

From the collection

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Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.