OCCURRENCE

DMNS Herp Collection (Arctos)

Latest version published by Denver Museum of Nature & Science on 27 July 2023 Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Amphibian and Reptile Collection is a small, but growing collection of approximately 1000 specimens primarily from the western US. The bulk of specimens are fluid-preserved, with some skeletal preparations, and associated frozen tissues. The collection grows primarily as a result of incidental bycatch from invertebrate surveys and salvage activities.
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Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 255 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    255
  • Multimedia 
    0

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How to cite

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Herp Collection

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f0abd990-8209-44b2-891d-04a3cb30830b.  Denver Museum of Nature & Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

John Demboski
Curator of Mammals
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
303-370-6443
https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/john-demboski/

Who can answer questions about the resource:

John Demboski
Jeffrey Stephenson
Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
US
303-370-8319
Andrew Doll
Assistant Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
US
303-370-8387

Who filled in the metadata:

John Demboski
Curator of Mammals
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
303-370-6443
https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/john-demboski/

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
David Bloom
Vertnet Coordinator
http://www.vertnet.org
Programmer
John Wieczorek
Information Architect
http://vertnet.org/

Geographic Coverage

Worldwide with focus on Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Herptiles

Class  Amphibia,  Reptilia

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1960's-present

Collection Data

Collection Name Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) Amphibian and reptile specimens
Collection Identifier DMNS:Herp
Parent Collection Identifier DMNS
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol,  Dried,  Deep frozen

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/

Purpose Natural History Research and Education
Alternative Identifiers f0abd990-8209-44b2-891d-04a3cb30830b
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=dmns_herp