UMNH Reptiles and Amphibians Collection (Arctos)

Eric Rickart

doi:10.15468/peenzw

UMNH Reptiles and Amphibians Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Rickart E, Derieg K (2024). UMNH Reptiles and Amphibians Collection (Arctos). Version 2.84. Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/peenzw accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The herpetology collection includes more than 20,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians from Western North America, MesoAmerica, and Australia. Collection includes important early material from the Intermountain West, from research directed primarily by Angus Woodbury. Collection also includes turtles representing the research of John Legler.

Taxonomic Coverages

The collection includes 11 type specimens (4 holotypes and 7 paratypes) of reptiles.

Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Approximately half of the collection is from the Intermountain West, including early records of historical importance assembled by Angus Woodbury and his students. Later work by John Legler and students led to the development of major holdings from Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Australia, and one of the largest collections of turtle specimens in North America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Eric Rickart
originator
position: Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: rickart@umnh.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu

Katrina Derieg
metadata author
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: kderieg@nhmu.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu

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 at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Eric Rickart
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City
84108
UT
US
Telephone: +1 (801) 585-7759
email: rickart@umnh.utah.edu
homepage: https://nhmu.utah.edu