847aa410-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=byu_herps Alison Whiting Brigham Young University Life Science Museum Curator

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801-422-5050 alison.whiting@byu.edu https://lsm.byu.edu/ Alison Whiting Brigham Young University Life Science Museum Curator

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801-422-5050 alison.whiting@byu.edu https://lsm.byu.edu/ David Bloom VertNet VertNet Coordinator dbloom@vertnet.org http://www.vertnet.org programmer 2025-08-28 eng The BYU herpetology collection houses over 40,000 fluid preserved specimens, including 36 types, and over 15,000 tissue samples. The geographic focus of the collection is the Great Basin/Intermountain West, but there are also extensive collections from Latin America, Central Africa, and the Pacific. The BYU Life Science Museum was formerly known as the Monte L. Bean Museum. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://lsm.byu.edu/research-collections https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=byu_herps Geographic Coverage: Global, but with main strengths in the continental US (especially the Great Basin/Intermountain West, and a secondary strength in the Appalachian region); collections are extensive for much of Latin America (especially Mexico and Argentina); southeast Asia & South Pacific Islands. -180 180 90 -90 The collection emphasis is on reptiles of the SouthWestern United States, Mexico, Argentina, and the South Pacific Islands. class Amphibia Amphibians class Reptilia Reptiles The BYU herpetology collection attempts to preserve the genetic and morphological diversity of the reptiles and amphibians of the Great Basin region and worldwide, for future generations of scientific study, education, and community appreciation. monthly Alison Whiting Brigham Young University Life Science Museum Curator

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801-422-5050 alison.whiting@byu.edu https://lsm.byu.edu/ 2022-07-14T00:00:00.000+00:00 dataset Brigham Young University Life Science Museum Herpetology Collection (BYU) BYU https://arctos.database.museum/collection/BYU:Herp Brigham Young University Life Science Museum Amphibian and Reptile Specimens 1900 to present 847aa410-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a/v3.26.xml