RBINS Amphibian collection
Citation
Pauwels O, Cooleman S (2024). RBINS Amphibian collection. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/crpkfp accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The RBINS amphibian collection contains more than 135,000 specimens. We have type material for 109 species. The majority of the specimens were collected by herpetologist Gaston François de Witte on his missions to the national parks in Congo (between 1933 and 1958). On many more recent missions over the years herpetologist Philippe Kok has amassed a beautiful and valuable collection of amphibians, containing species from Guyana (South America).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Amphibiarank: class
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Anurarank: order
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Caudatarank: order
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Gymnophionarank: order
Geographic Coverages
Worldwide
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Olivier Pauwelsoriginator
position: Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: opauwels@naturalsciences.be
Stijn Cooleman
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Data Officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: s.cooleman@biodiversity.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0451
Patrick Semal
administrative point of contact
position: Head of Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: psemal@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-7728
Franck Theeten
administrative point of contact
position: Database manager
Royal Museum for Central Africa
BE
email: franck.theeten@africamuseum.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-538X
Thomas Vandenberghe
administrative point of contact
position: Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
BE
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548
Olivier Pauwels
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: opauwels@naturalsciences.be