Currently, the herpetological collection houses more than 100,000 catalogued specimens. Amphibians and reptiles are traditionally combined in the collection, with the latter making up nearly two thirds of the total specimens. The collection includes type specimens of around 650 taxa, among them more than 300 primary types (i.e. holotypes, lectotypes, and neotypes) and 100 syntypes that objectively define a scientific name and are literally irreplaceable. The majority of specimens is wet material preserved in ethanol, but the collection also includes osteological specimens and (sub-)fossils. These figures make the herpetological collection at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) - Museum Koenig Bonn one of the largest of its kind in Germany and also one of international importance. Correspondingly to their high species diversity, frogs and squamates (lizards and snakes) represent the majority of species. However, members of all major groups of amphibians (salamanders and caecilians) and reptiles (crocodiles, turtles, and tuataras) are found in the collection. There is no explicit geographic focus and specimens are originating not only from Europe, but from more than 200 countries worldwide. Due to the research focus of past curators and students, the at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) - Museum Koenig Bonn holds remarkable collections from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, Madagascar, and Brazil. Recent geographical focuses are Southeast Asia, Peru, and the western Palearctic.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/263bbfe7-f643-43bb-b448-f0705d1c0e18
Homepage: https://bonn.leibniz-lib.de/en/research/collections/herpetology
Citation: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). ZFMK Herpetology collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/px1sya accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-24.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/263bbfe7-f643-43bb-b448-f0705d1c0e18
Homepage: https://bonn.leibniz-lib.de/en/research/collections/herpetology
Citation: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). ZFMK Herpetology collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/px1sya accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-24.
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263bbfe7-f643-43bb-b448-f0705d1c0e18 (DatasetUUID)
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Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
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2024-10-24
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346