Description
The UWYMV Herp Collection houses mainly historic specimens from the early to mid-1900s, with the majority of specimens collected from the state of Wyoming, including specimens of Wyoming Toads (Anaxyrus baxteri) collected by Baxter on the Laramie plains. The collection has recently begun to take in modern specimens, including genetic samples.
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 718 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:
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Rights
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b11cbb9e-8ee0-4d9a-8eac-da5d5ab53a31. University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
- (307) 766-6169
- Staff Curator
- Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center, 1000 E. University Ave.
- (307) 766-6227
http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120
- Point Of Contact
- Arctos Database Programmer
- Collections Manager
- Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
- (307) 766-6227
Geographic Coverage
The UWYMV herp collection has global coverage, but the majority of historic holdings are from Wyoming and the western and central United States
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Taxonomic coverage of the UWYMV herp collection is historically focused on Nearctic families
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1927-present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Herptology specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | UWYMV:Herp |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UWYMV |
Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | The mission of the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates is to document and understand regional and global biodiversity through the acquisition and investigation of collections made by museum faculty, staff, and students to advance academic knowledge and public appreciation of the natural world. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | b11cbb9e-8ee0-4d9a-8eac-da5d5ab53a31 |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=uwymv_herp |