We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled.
Our website has detected that you are using an outdated insecure browser that will prevent you from using the site. We suggest you upgrade to a modern browser.
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • Scientific Collections
      • Suggest a dataset
      • New data model ⭐️
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity enhancement
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Implementation plan
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Newsletters and lists
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
  • User profile

AUMNH Herpetology Voucher Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Laurencio D (2019). AUMNH Herpetology Voucher Collection. Version 1.4. Auburn University Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d1vglq accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-02.

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).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Amphibia
    rank: class
  2. Reptilia
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

David Laurencio
originator
position: Collections Manager, Tetrapods
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
Telephone: +01 334-844-9127
email: norops@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
David Laurencio
metadata author
position: Collections Manager, Tetrapods
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
Telephone: +01 334-844-9127
email: norops@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.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 at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Craig Guyer
curator
position: Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
Telephone: +01 334-844-9232
email: guyercr@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
David Laurencio
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager, Tetrapods
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
Telephone: +01 334-844-9127
email: norops@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource