4f2d0b57-2862-4f0b-94c7-d78cc3c58a1d http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=chas_herps Dawn Roberts The Chicago Academy of Sciences Director of Collections

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+01 773-755-5118 ekrimmel@naturemuseum.org http://www.naturemuseum.org pointOfContact Laura Russell VertNet Programmer larussell@vertnet.org http://www.vertnet.org programmer David Bloom VertNet Coordinator dbloom@vertnet.org http://www.vertnet.org programmer John Wieczorek Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley Information Architect tuco@berkeley.edu programmer 2016-12-22 eng The Chicago Academy of Sciences herpetology collection includes over 22,000 specimens, primarily preserved in alcohol. Approximately 60% of the specimens are reptiles and 40% are amphibians. The Midwest is strongly represented, as are Arizona and southeastern United States, thanks to multiple Academy expeditions during the mid-1900s. The collection contains many para- and holotypes, as well as one subspecies type specimen, of the Northern Crawfish Frog (Lithobates areolata circulosa). Notable collectors include: Knox Conant, Hudson Conant, Richard A. Edgren, Howard K. Gloyd, R. L. Hutchison, Betty Komarek, Edwin V. Komarek, Roy V. Komarek, Walter L. Necker, and Orlando Park. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html Rooted in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and was the first science museum in Chicago. Through its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Academy connects its community to local environments and inspires life-long relationships with urban nature. The museum collections and archives contain natural history collections in the disciplines of botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, and paleontology, as well as cultural collections, audio visual collections, and archives. These materials range from the 1830s to the present and are predominantly from North America with a focus in the Midwest/Western Great Lakes region. 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. http://www.naturemuseum.org/the-museum/collections/vertebrates Midwestern and southeastern United States, and Arizona. -180 180 90 -90 1834 2015 The herpetology collections is particularly strong in Midwestern herps as well as Southwestern rattlesnakes. class Amphibia class Reptilia unkown Dawn Roberts The Chicago Academy of Sciences Director of Collections

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