SDNHM Herpetology Collection

Bradford Hollingsworth

doi:10.15468/tacqs9

SDNHM Herpetology Collection

Citation

Hollingsworth B (2018). SDNHM Herpetology Collection. San Diego Natural History Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tacqs9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-25.

Description

The San Diego Natural History Museum Department of Herpetology focuses on the study of amphibians and reptiles. Resources are available to scientists to help better understand amphibian and reptile biology and conserve species when their existence is threatened. The great diversity of amphibian and reptile species is preserved for scientific research in the form of alcohol-preserved and skeletal specimens. The herpetology collection holds over 76,000 catalogued specimens (73,300 fluid-preserved specimens and 3,100 skeletons with 212 primary and 500 secondary types) dating back to the 1890s. The collection has been built over the past century and is actively being added to today. All cataloged specimens are computer databased which allows for any combination of taxonomic and geographic records to be searched.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Of particular importance is the Laurence M. Klauber collection containing over 43,000 specimens he personally cataloged. This includes his rattlesnake collection, containing over 8,600 specimens, and representing nearly every known species.

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

Geographic Coverages

Over 57% of the collection comes from California and Baja California, making it one of the largest resources for this area. The collection is well represented with specimens from throughout the southwest United States, northwest Mexico, and islands worldwide.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Bradford Hollingsworth
originator
position: Curator of Herpetology
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0277
email: bhollingsworth@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/

Bradford Hollingsworth
metadata author
position: Curator of Herpetology
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0277
email: bhollingsworth@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/

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

Ray Garcia
programmer
position: Web Applications Programmer
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0175
email: rgarcia@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/

Bradford Hollingsworth
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Herpetology
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego
92101
CA
US
Telephone: +01 619-255-0277
email: bhollingsworth@sdnhm.org
homepage: http://www.sdnhm.org/