Description
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.
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 292 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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Herp Collection
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
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 GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Point Of Contact
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-1690
Geographic Coverage
Worldwide with focus on Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Herptiles
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1960's-present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) Amphibian and reptile specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | DMNS:Herp |
| Parent Collection Identifier | DMNS |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol, Dried, Deep frozen |
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Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | Natural History Research and Education |
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| Alternative Identifiers | f0abd990-8209-44b2-891d-04a3cb30830b |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=dmns_herp |