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 796 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)
- Multimedia
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History (UCSC), University of California, Santa Cruz Amphibian and Reptile Specimens (Arctos)
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0bf094c6-8a9a-4164-9902-f245920e016d. Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Amphibians and reptiles from California and the Western US are well represented. Series from Australia are also present.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Major families of reptiles and amphibians native to North America are represented, with sparse coverage of other international families.
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1905 to present |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 0bf094c6-8a9a-4164-9902-f245920e016d |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ucsc_herp |