UTA Amphibians
Citation
Pandelis G (2023). UTA Amphibians. Version 8.5. University of Texas-Arlington. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/smqrtq accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-13.Description
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center: During the 1980s the herpetological collection witnessed an explosive session of growth. Prior to the 1980s the collection contained approximately 8,000 herpetological specimens. By the end of the decade more than 30,000 specimens were housed in the collection. During the 1990s the size of the collection increased at an almost exponential rate. During this time, the collection grew to contain more than 80,000 specimens. This combined with efforts from faculty and students helped to establish national and international recognition for the collection. Since the turn of the century the herpetology collection at the University of Texas at Arlington has experienced more growth and the collection now houses over 200,000 specimens and is among the top 10 herpetological collections in the United States. In 2004 the entire herpetological collection was moved from the basement of the Life Sciences building to the newly constructed Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center. Asides from housing a major herpetological collection, the Department of Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington has hosted and facilitated the academic pursuits of a diverse student body. This has also provided inherent benefits to the museum collection as well. The collection currently holds the worlds largest assemblage of reptiles and amphibians from Guatemala as well as significant holdings from Texas, Bolivia, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, and Mexico. Along with hundreds of thousands of fluid preserved specimens, the collection maintains hundreds of type specimen, including over 130 primary types, a sizable osteological collection, cleared and stained specimens, audio recordings of frog calls, one of the largest collections of herpetological photographs in the United States, as well as a comprehensive herpetological library. These resources can be made available for use by qualified individuals. For questions regarding the use of the collection resources please call 817-272-3615.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Amphibians
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Amphibiarank: class
Geographic Coverages
Emphasis in:
Latin America: Guatemala and Mexico
Texas Regional Collections
West Africa
Indonesia
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Gregory Pandelisoriginator
position: Biological Curator and Collections Manager
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
901 S. Davis Dr.
Arlington
76013
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-3615
email: gregory.pandelis@uta.edu
homepage: https://ardrcenter.uta.edu
Gregory Pandelis
metadata author
position: Biological Curator and Collections Manager
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
901 S. Davis Dr.
Arlington
76013
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-3615
email: gregory.pandelis@uta.edu
homepage: https://ardrcenter.uta.edu
Gregory Pandelis
principal investigator
position: Biological Curator and Collections Manager
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
901 S. Davis Dr.
Arlington
76013
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-3615
email: gregory.pandelis@uta.edu
homepage: https://ardrcenter.uta.edu
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Matthew Fujita
principal investigator
position: Curator
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
Box 19850
Arlington
76010
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-1464
email: mkfujita@exchange.uta.edu
homepage: http://www.fujitalab.com
Eric Smith
principal investigator
position: Curator
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
Arlington
76010
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-3616
email: e.smith@uta.edu
homepage: https://mentis.uta.edu/explore/profile/eric-smith
Gregory Pandelis
administrative point of contact
position: Biological Curator and Collections Manager
University of Texas at Arlington Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center
901 S. Davis Dr.
Arlington
76013
Texas
US
Telephone: 817-272-3615
email: gregory.pandelis@uta.edu
homepage: https://ardrcenter.uta.edu