Description
The amphibian and reptile collections at Auburn University include ca. 40,000 specimens. The collections primarily are stored in alcohol, but include extensive skeletal materials (primarily turtles), cleared and stained specimens, amphibian larvae, eggs, and digital records (photograph, sound, and video files).
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 41,155 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Auburn University Museum of Natural History Herpetology Collection
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Auburn University Museum. 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
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3cc72eb1-0f9e-496d-96e9-3cf6f7d94b0a. Auburn University Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Collections Manager, Tetrapods
- 101 Rouse Life Sciences Building
- +01 334-844-9127
- Curator
- Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
- 331 Funchess Hall
- +01 334-844-9232
Geographic Coverage
This is the premiere collection of amphibians and reptiles of Alabama and includes significant holdings from the southeastern United States. Representative vouchered specimens from across the US are included as are significant series of Caribbean specimens that are invasive to South Florida and series of anoles from Mexico and Costa Rica.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Class | Amphibia, Reptilia |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 3cc72eb1-0f9e-496d-96e9-3cf6f7d94b0a |
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| https://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=aum-herps |