Oregon State University Herpetological Collection

Stevan Arnold

doi:10.15468/ckagzq

Oregon State University Herpetological Collection

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 2022-05-27.

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

Amphibia
common name: amphibians rank: class
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/