LSUMZ Herps Collection

Seth Parker

doi:10.15468/iogakq

LSUMZ Herps Collection

Citation

Parker S (2017). LSUMZ Herps Collection. Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iogakq accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-09-28.

Description

The collection of reptiles and amphibians is comprised of more than 140,000 specimens. The collection is extremely rich in snake species, with 359 genera and 954 species represented. The remaining herp groups are represented as follows: lizards (165 genera, 776 species), tuataras (1 genus, 1 species), turtles (54 genera, 104 species), crocodilians (8 genera, 15 species), frogs (143 genera, 682 species), salamanders (38 genera, 151 species), and caecilians (12 genera, 19 species). The collection contains 52 holotypes (specimens representing species new to science), which is a disproportionately large number for a collection of this size. The herpetology collection is worldwide in scope. The snake skeletal collection is among the largest and most diverse in the world. The collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí is the largest in the world, and the collections from Honduras and Peru are among the top five in the world. Approximately 55-60 percent of the currently recognized genera of snakes are represented in the collection.

Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

amphibia
rank: class
reptilia
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Geographic Coverages

Global with excellent collections from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí and other collections from Honduras and Peru.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Seth Parker
originator
position: Herpetology Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 225-578-3669
email: sethparker@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/

Seth Parker
metadata author
position: Herpetology Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 225-578-3669
email: sethparker@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/

Chris Austin
curator
position: Curator
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 225-578-2841
email: ccaustin@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org/

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org/

Seth Parker
administrative point of contact
position: Herpetology Collections Manager
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
Louisiana
US
Telephone: 225-578-3669
email: sethparker@lsu.edu
homepage: http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/