Description
The collection contains approximately 35,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians. Most of the material is from southern Georgia, although some collections from other areas in the southeast are included. The collection contains representation over 95% of Georgia's herpetofauna and is the second largest collection in the state. Specimen data is digitized (Specify 6.4), and is available via VertNet and/or upon request. Contact Lance McBrayer for more information, loans, data requests, and/or a visit.
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 25,098 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:
The Georgia Southern University - Savannah Science Museum Herpetology Collection
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Georgia Southern University. 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: 28573c0a-b833-41b1-9999-56c6b9bce519. Georgia Southern University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
- Associate Professor
- Biology 2214
- +01 912 478 0545
- Point Of Contact
- Associate Professor & Curator
- Biology 2214
- +01 912 478 0545
Geographic Coverage
Over 95% coverage of the Georgia's herpetological diversity is represented in the Collection. More than 90% of all counties in Georgia have records in the Collection. Thus, the coverage is quite extensive for Georgia. The majority of records in the Collection are from southeastern Georgia USA. Numerous records exist from southwestern South Carolina, but relative few holdings exist other regions.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [28.41, -85.89], North East [36.78, -78.77] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Georgia has the third greatest herpetological diversity in the USA. The Collection contains all but a few rare or endangered species of this diversity, including Flatwoods Salamanders, Patchnose Salamanders, Gopher Tortoises, and Indigo snakes. The salamander collection is excellent with many long series, large lots, and all life stages represented in many taxa.
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 1956-01-01 |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 28573c0a-b833-41b1-9999-56c6b9bce519 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=gsu_herps |