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KUBI Herpetology Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Bentley A, Brown R (2022). KUBI Herpetology Collection. Version 31.60. University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ubdwdc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.

Description

KU herpetology houses one of the largest herpetology collections in the world (340,000 specimens representing more than 5000 species from 156 countries). The KU collections include the world’s largest collection of neotropical amphibian and reptile specimens (200,000+) as well as substantial numbers of Nearctic (80,000+) and Asian (20,000+) specimens. KU holdings are particularly strong for the U.S., Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa, Rica, Haiti, the Philippines, Peru and Panama. The collection from Kansas is the state’s largest (20,000+). The type collection includes nearly 400 primary types, mostly amphibians. KU Herpetology also maintains 5000 cleared-and-stained osteological preparations, nearly 5000 dried skeletons, and one of the world’s largest collections of amphibian larvae (6000+ lots). The KU digital archive includes more than 12,000 digital images and more than 1500 acoustic recordings.

Additional info

Additional information for data from the Philippines are available upon request. http://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms

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Contacts

Andrew Bentley
originator
position: Bioinformatics Manager
University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: +01 (785) 864-3863
email: abentley@ku.edu
homepage: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/
Rafe Brown
metadata author
position: Curator-in-Charge of Herpetology
University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: +01 (785) 864-3403
email: rafe@ku.edu
homepage: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/herpetology
Richard Glor
curator
position: Curator of Herpetology
University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: +1 (785) 864-6875
email: glor@ku.edu
homepage: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/herpetology
Rafe Brown
administrative point of contact
position: Curator-in-Charge of Herpetology
University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence
66045
KS
US
Telephone: +01 (785) 864-3403
email: rafe@ku.edu
homepage: https://biodiversity.ku.edu/herpetology
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