Description
The HSU Vertebrate Museum contains a diverse collection of reptiles and amphibians used in research and teaching. The Amphibian and Reptile Research Collections number approximately 750 jars each (with up to a dozen specimens per jar), with an additional 360 jars in the teaching collection. In total, our Herpetology Collection includes over 1,800 jars and 6,000-7,000 individual specimens. This collection dates back to 1929 and is especially strong in specimens from the amphibian-rich Pacific Northwest.
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 718 records.
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:
Humboldt State University Vertebrate Museum Amphibian Collection
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Humboldt State 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: 4cbc1722-e236-4496-8422-d49bb9310d57. Humboldt State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Curator
- 1 Harpst Street
- 707-826-4156
- Point Of Contact
- Collections Manager
- 1 Harpst Street
- 707-826-4872
Geographic Coverage
This collection is especially strong in specimens from the amphibian-rich Pacific Northwest.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Class | Amphibia |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 4cbc1722-e236-4496-8422-d49bb9310d57 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=hsu_vertebrate_amphibians |