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Oregon State University Herpetological Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Arnold S (2015). Oregon State University Herpetological Collection. Oregon State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ckagzq accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-26.

Description

The herpetological research collection at OSU is housed in Cordley Hall (S. J. Arnold, Curator). The research collection consists of more than 50,000 ethanol-preserved amphibians and reptiles, and approximately 20,000 frozen tissue samples. A smaller series of preserved amphibians and reptiles is part of the Vertebrate Teaching Collection (R. T. Mason, Curator) and is also housed in Cordley Hall.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Amphibia
    common name: amphibians rank: class
  2. Reptilia
    common name: reptiles rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Collections are focused on Oregon and adjacent regions in the Pacific Northwest.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Stevan Arnold
originator
position: Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Oregon State University
Department of Integrative Biology
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
Telephone: +01 541-737-3705
email: arnolds@bcc.orst.edu
homepage: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~arnoldst/
Stevan Arnold
metadata author
position: Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Oregon State University
Department of Integrative Biology
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
Telephone: +01 541-737-3705
email: arnolds@bcc.orst.edu
homepage: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~arnoldst/
Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
Telephone: +01 785 813-1496
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Tara Chestnut
point of contact
position: Assistant Curator
Oregon State University
email: tarachestnut@gmail.com
Stevan Arnold
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Oregon State University
Department of Integrative Biology
Corvallis
97331
OR
US
Telephone: +01 541-737-3705
email: arnolds@bcc.orst.edu
homepage: http://people.oregonstate.edu/~arnoldst/
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