NCSM Herpetology Collection

Ben Norton

doi:10.15468/enivwl

NCSM Herpetology Collection

Citation

Norton B (2016). NCSM Herpetology Collection. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/enivwl accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-04-22.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Amphibians and Reptiles Unit contains approximately 262,000 specimens (81,350+ lots), and is one of the largest and most complete regional collections in the United States. Founded in the late 1800s, the collection consists of approximately 80% North Carolina material, although 47 states, 57 countries, and more than 640 species are represented. Other states with substantial representation include California, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Other countries with substantial representation include Laos, Vietnam, and Gabon, and the international focus of the collection is expanding. Important recent acquisitions include large collections from Duke and Virginia Commonwealth Universities, the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences, and the personal collection of the late E. E. Brown of Davidson College. The collection houses fluid-preserved specimens, skeletons, skins, tissues for molecular analyses, and other materials. Photographic vouchers, field notes, other museums’ records of North Carolina holdings, and specimen data sheets are also maintained as part of the materials documenting these resources.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Chordata
rank: phylum
Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class
Agamidae
rank: order
Anura
rank: order
Caudata
rank: order
Crocodylia
rank: order
Gymnophiona
rank: order
Squamata
rank: order
Testudines
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Coverage spans at least 27 countries across the globe

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head, Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://collections.naturalsciences.org

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Collections Data Curator
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://collections.naturalsciences.org

Bryan Stuart
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Herpetology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8861
email: bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@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

Bryan Stuart
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Herpetology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8861
email: bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://www.bryanlstuart.com/