Description
The specimen collection is a new undertaking of the Lingnan University Science Unit. Funded by Hong Kong Government through the Environment and Conservation Fund, the goal is to start an amphibian and reptile collection for Hong Kong. This project was initially funded for two years (1 June 2019 to 31 May 2021) with the goal of collecting 400-600 specimens.
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 874 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:
Lingnan University Herpetology Collection. Individual catalog records should be cited by the catalog record url. For example: https://arctos.database.museum/guid/LINGU:Herp:1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Lingnan 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: 76e7633c-fc26-41c8-a6c6-f8dd7390fc9b. Lingnan University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by VertNet.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Associate Professor
Geographic Coverage
South China, with focus on Hong Kong
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [17.518, 104.502], North East [27.02, 119.839] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Amphibians and Reptiles
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1990 to present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Lingnan University Natural History Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/LINGU:Herp |
| Parent Collection Identifier | LINGU |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol, Formalin, Other |
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Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | education and research |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 76e7633c-fc26-41c8-a6c6-f8dd7390fc9b |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=lingu_herp |