Description
The amphibian collections of the Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History consist of approximately 1,400 specimens preserved in alcohol. The majority of the specimens are from Ohio, though several are from other states and countries. The vast majority of the collection consists of salamanders, frogs, and toads, with a small collection of caecilians from the Seychelles.
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 97 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History Amphibian Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9d691e2b-fdf1-4d06-beae-f95fb2bbe69c. Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of Natural History publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Ohio, Seychelles
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [37.936, -85.518], North East [42.812, -80.068] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Anura, Urodela, Caecilia
| Class | Amphibia |
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| Order | Anura, Urodela, Caecilia |
Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1900-Present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Ohio Wesleyan University Amphibian Specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/OWU:Amph |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OWU |
Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | Amphibians of Ohio |
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| Alternative Identifiers | OWMZ |
| 9d691e2b-fdf1-4d06-beae-f95fb2bbe69c | |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=owu_amph |