ISM Herpetology Collection

Occurrence
Latest version published by Illinois State Museum on Sep 16, 2022 Illinois State Museum
Publication date:
16 September 2022
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Illinois State Museum
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Description

The Illinois State Museum's zoology collections contain over 140,000 specimens representing mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and mollusks. The museum's collections of vertebrate skeletons and fresh water mollusks are among the most extensive of their type in the U.S. They include large series for many Midwestern species and constitute one of the best comparative collections in the country for the identification of animal remains from archaeological, paleontological, and contemporary forensic contexts.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4b17f1c6-93a3-4e22-9822-1c7d829bb666.  Illinois State Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Meredith Mahoney
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Assistant Curator of Zoology
Illinois State Museum
  • 1011 E. Ash Street
62703 Springfield
Illinois
US
  • 217-785-4843
Laura Russell
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Progammer
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator

Geographic Coverage

Collections include many Midwestern species and constitute one of the best comparative collections in the country for the identification of animal remains from archaeological, paleontological, and contemporary forensic contexts.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class Amphibia (amphibians), Reptilia (reptiles)

Collection Data

Collection Name ISM Herpetology
Collection Identifier Amphibians & Reptiles
Parent Collection Identifier ISM

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Alternative Identifiers 4b17f1c6-93a3-4e22-9822-1c7d829bb666
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ism_herps