Description
The MVZ collection of amphibians and reptiles contains over 270,000 catalogued specimens. As of 8 April 2004, 123 of these have been designated holotypes, three are neotypes, three are syntypes, and 1793 are paratypes and paratopotypes. Most specimens are fluid-preserved, but the collection also contains skeletal preparations, sets of amphibian eggs and larvae, and several thousand specimens that have been cleared and stained. Other special collections include pineal organs, 800 sectioned heads, a series of dried anuran skins from California and Argentina, and stomach contents that have been removed from more than 3,000 predatory reptiles.
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 70,241 records.
5 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:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 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
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Staff Curator of Herpetology
- 3101 Valley Life Science Building
- (510) 643-5778
- Point Of Contact
- Arctos Database Programmer
- Point Of Contact
- Faculty Curator of Herpetology
- 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
- (510) 316-6201
- Point Of Contact
- Faculty Curator of Herpetology
- 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
- (510) 643-7705
- Point Of Contact
- GIS and Bioinformatics Specialist
- 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
- (510) 642-8547
Geographic Coverage
The MVZ herp collection is global, with especially strong holdings from western North America and important series from Latin America and Asia.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The MVZ herp collection is taxonomically synoptic and contains representatives of every Amphibian and Reptile Order. Among Amphibians, over 87% of families and 53% of genera are represented. Among Reptiles, over 90% of families and 65% of genera are represented.
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1861 to present |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=mvz_herp_ggbn |
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