CM Herps Collection

Stephen Rogers

doi:10.15468/lxe6h4

CM Herps Collection

Citation

Rogers S (2017). CM Herps Collection. Version 8.5. Carnegie Museums. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/lxe6h4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-01.

Description

Herpetology maintains a collection of more than 207,500 specimens and ranks as about the ninth largest amphibian and reptile collection in the United States. Ninety percent are fluid preserved; others are preserved as skeletons, skins, mounts, or cleared and stained preparations. Notable historic collections rich in type specimens are the Taylor Philippine collection, the Le Boutellier collection of South American snakes, and specimens from early museum expeditions to the Isle of Pines and Angola. Collection data are completely computerized. Collection growth has averaged 1–2% per year. There are approximately 35 new research loans a year handled by the collection manager, and around 80 research data inquiries are filled annually. Research is supported by a library with an outstanding collection of 19th-century herpetological literature (Gunther Collection) and more than 22,000 reprints.

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Taxonomic Coverages

Reptilia
common name: reptiles rank: class
Amphibia
common name: amphibians rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The collection includes the largest and most complete collection of Pennsylvania amphibians and reptiles in existence and significant collections from adjacent states, particularly Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. There are specimens collected from all parts of the United States and most parts of the world including major accessions from the Caribbean, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Paraguay, northern South America, Spain, South Africa, Cameroon, India, and Sri Lanka. The collection of North American freshwater turtles is among the largest in the world.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Stephen Rogers
originator
position: Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburg
15213-4080
PA
US
Telephone: +01 412-622-3255
email: rogerss@carnegiemnh.org
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/herps/index.html

Stephen Rogers
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburg
15213-4080
PA
US
Telephone: +01 412-622-3255
email: rogerss@carnegiemnh.org
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/herps/index.html

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet 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

Stephen Rogers
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburg
15213-4080
PA
US
Telephone: +01 412-622-3255
email: rogerss@carnegiemnh.org
homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/herps/index.html