Southeastern Louisiana University Herpetology Collection

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Description

The majority of the collection is comprised of specimens from the southern United States, particularly southern Louisiana. We also have moderately large holdings of specimens from the western United States and the West Indies. In addition to fluid specimens, we have a collection of amphibian and reptile tissue samples for genetic analyses. Most of these tissue samples have corresponding voucher specimens in the fluid collection. We also have a histological (slide) collection for studies of reproductive anatomy in amphibians and reptiles. The museum is also home to the Harold A. Dundee Herpetological Library, a collection of thousands of biological books, journals, and reprints, particularly herpetological texts.

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 11,061 records.

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Southeastern Louisiana University Vertebrate Museum Herpetology Collection

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 65dfe059-f1c1-4ec9-9a05-d6877a1d2842. Southeastern Louisiana University Vertebrate Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.