CUMV Amphibian and Reptile Collection

Casey Dillman

doi:10.15468/emivh3

CUMV Amphibian and Reptile Collection

Citation

Dillman C (2018). CUMV Amphibian and Reptile Collection. Version 25.17. Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/emivh3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-08-17.

Description

The CUMV Amphibian & Reptile Collection became one of the leading university based herp collections in North America during the first half of this century, largely because of the efforts of Professor Albert Hazen Wright and his wife, Anna Allen Wright. The major strengths of the collection, amphibians from the southeastern United States and both reptiles and amphibians from the Northeast, reflects the intensive collection by the Wrights. Much of the material collected by the Wrights in New York and Georgia is not duplicated elsewhere. The last 15 years have been seen important acquisitions for the collection. To complement our traditional strength in North American taxa, we have made a concerted effort to obtain foreign material, especially synoptic series representing geographic areas. Through collecting, exchanges and acquisition of other various collections we now have good representation of Costa Rican viperids, lizards from Western and South Australia, amphibians and reptiles from Puerto Rico, snakes and lizards from Mexico, and a more representative collection of African and European species.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The major strengths of the collection, amphibians from the southeastern United States and both reptiles and amphibians from the Northeast. The last 15 years have been seen important acquisitions for the collection. To complement our traditional strength in North American taxa, we have made a concerted effort to obtain foreign material, especially synoptic series representing geographic areas. This material includes research specimens collected by Dr. F. Harvey Pough in Western and South Australia. The donation of his personal collection by Dr. Kraig Adler (Neurobiology and Behavior) has added more than 100 new species to the collection. Through collecting, exchanges and acquisition of other various collections we now have good representation of Costa Rican viperids, lizards from Western and South Australia, amphibians and reptiles from Puerto Rico, snakes and lizards from Mexico, and a more representative collection of African and European species.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Casey Dillman
originator
position: Curator of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
14850-1923
NY
US
Telephone: +1 607-254-2162
email: cbd63@cornell.edu
homepage: http://www.cumv.cornell.edu

Casey Dillman
metadata author
position: Curator of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
14850-1923
NY
US
Telephone: +1 607-254-2162
email: cbd63@cornell.edu
homepage: http://www.cumv.cornell.edu

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

Charles Dardia
point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
14850-1923
NY
US
Telephone: +1 607-254-2161
email: cmd7@cornell.edu
homepage: http://www.cumv.cornell.edu

Casey Dillman
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
14850-1923
NY
US
Telephone: +1 607-254-2162
email: cbd63@cornell.edu
homepage: http://www.cumv.cornell.edu