Auburn University Museum of Natural History Herpetology Voucher Collections
Citation
Laurencio D (2024). Auburn University Museum of Natural History Herpetology Voucher Collections. Auburn University Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/d1vglq accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-18.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
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Taxonomic Coverages
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Amphibiarank: class
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Reptiliarank: 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.
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Contacts
David Laurenciooriginator
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