Vertebrate Zoology in the CU Museum of Natural History is a biodiversity repository of more than 120,000 specimens from five taxa: Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles (Herpetology), Birds, and Mammals.Since our specimens document changes in biodiversity over the last 200 years, they are treasures of biological and historical significance. The Herpetology collection spans 77 countries, with its geographic strength in Mexican and the southwestern United States species. It contains over 68,000 specimens, including over 22,000 from Mexico, which have been actively studied and cited in systematic herpetology publications over recent decades. Additionally, the whiptail lizards (genus Aspidoscelis) are particularly well represented, including over 12,000 fluid-preserved specimens and two hundred dry skulls. The world-renowned herpetologists, Hobart M. Smith and T. Paul Maslin, as well as a number of their students and collaborators, were the major architects of our largest vertebrate collection. R. Earl Olson's contribution of 3,800+ specimens recently expanded our taxonomic and geographic coverage, including new material from Minnesota and Haiti. Most recently, Julio A. Lemos-Espinal contributed 2,600 specimens from the northern Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8935e64a-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Homepage: http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/research/vertebrates
Citation: Braker E (2024). UCM Amphibian and Reptile Collection (Arctos). University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1llmgl accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-24.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8935e64a-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Homepage: http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/research/vertebrates
Citation: Braker E (2024). UCM Amphibian and Reptile Collection (Arctos). University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1llmgl accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-24.
資料集編號
8935e64a-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a (DatasetUUID)
其他標題
資料集作者
Emily Braker
資料集發佈者
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
資料集來源
GBIF
資料集標籤
資料集關鍵字
敏感標示
本資料集包含經過模糊化處理的敏感資料
授權
CC0
詮釋資料更新日期
2024-10-24
觀測資料最新匯入日期
類群
兩棲類、爬行類
紀錄筆數
28
下載次數
390