Description
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 7,318 records.
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:
University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum Amphibian and Reptile Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Wisconsin - Madison. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1a087930-2b73-4737-8fc8-18470fd681b9. University of Wisconsin - Madison 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
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Geographic Coverage
Primarily Wisconsin, but includes global representation, particularly from southwestern United States, Mexico, South America and Southeast Asia.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia, Animalia; Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata; Chordata, Chordata |
| Class | Amphibia; Amphibia, Reptilia; Reptilia, Reptilia, Amphibia |
| Order | Testudines, Crocodylia, Squamata, Squamata; Squamata, Anura; Anura, Crocodilia, Anura, Testudines; Testudines, Sauria, Caudata |
| Family | Lacertidae, Colubridae; Colubridae, Varanidae, Ranidae, Plethodontidae, Eublepharidae, Bufonidae, Iguanidae, Corytophanidae, Crocodylidae, Sirenidae, Hydrophiidae, Alligatoridae, Trionychidae, Chelydridae, Rhinophrynidae, Gekkonidae, Scincidae, Dactyloidae, Testudinidae, Dendrobatidae, Urodela, Cryptobranchidae, Scaphiopodidae, Viperidae, Pelobatidae, Pipidae, Pseudidae, Pythonidae, Ceratobatrachidae, Teiidae, Phrynosomatidae, Geoemydidae, Leiuperidae, Emydidae; Emydidae, Hyperoliidae, Pyxicephalidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Xantusiidae, Hylidae, Gavialidae, Microhylidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Emydidae, Mantellidae, Boidae, Anguidae, Crotaphytidae, Kinosternidae, Pelobatidae; Pelobatidae, Ascaphidae, Ambystomatidae, Typhlopidae, Amphiumidae, Chelidae, Helodermatidae, Colubridae, Cheloniidae, Chamaeleonidae, Crotaphytidae, Centrolenidae, Bombinatoridae, Elapidae, Salamandridae, Leptodactylidae, Agamidae, Craugastoridae, Proteidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | The oldest specimens date to 1873 and new annual donations of reptiles and amphibians continue to augment the collection. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum Amphibian and reptile specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/UWZM:Herp |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UWZM |
| Specimen preservation methods |
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Additional Metadata
Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; VerNet Norms: https://www.vertnet.org/resources/norms
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| Alternative Identifiers | 1a087930-2b73-4737-8fc8-18470fd681b9 |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=uwzm_herp |