CHAS Herpetology

Dawn Roberts

doi:10.15468/9lim5m

CHAS Herpetology

Citation

Roberts D (2016). CHAS Herpetology. Version 2.1. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9lim5m accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The Chicago Academy of Sciences herpetology collection includes over 22,000 specimens, primarily preserved in alcohol. Approximately 60% of the specimens are reptiles and 40% are amphibians. The Midwest is strongly represented, as are Arizona and southeastern United States, thanks to multiple Academy expeditions during the mid-1900s. The collection contains many para- and holotypes, as well as one subspecies type specimen, of the Northern Crawfish Frog (Lithobates areolata circulosa). Notable collectors include: Knox Conant, Hudson Conant, Richard A. Edgren, Howard K. Gloyd, R. L. Hutchison, Betty Komarek, Edwin V. Komarek, Roy V. Komarek, Walter L. Necker, and Orlando Park.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html Rooted in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and was the first science museum in Chicago. Through its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Academy connects its community to local environments and inspires life-long relationships with urban nature. The museum collections and archives contain natural history collections in the disciplines of botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, and paleontology, as well as cultural collections, audio visual collections, and archives. These materials range from the 1830s to the present and are predominantly from North America with a focus in the Midwest/Western Great Lakes region.

Taxonomic Coverages

The herpetology collections is particularly strong in Midwestern herps as well as Southwestern rattlesnakes.

Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Midwestern and southeastern United States, and Arizona.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dawn Roberts
originator
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Dawn Roberts
metadata author
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Erica Krimmel
point of contact
position: Assistant Collections Manager
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5118
email: ekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@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 at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dawn Roberts
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org