Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Herpetology

Ildiko Szabo

doi:10.15468/6kf5sp

Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Herpetology

Citation

Szabo I (2016). Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Herpetology. Version 6.1. University of British Columbia. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6kf5sp accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-11-30.

Description

The Cowan Tetrapod Collection herpetology holdings of 206 species is principally a North American synoptic collection. 84% of the living species known to occur in British Columbia are represented. The collection was founded by Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan. The herpetology collection is housed at the University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum, which contains approximately 2 million natural history specimens.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

36 out of 43 British Columbia species.

Reptilia
common name: Reptiles rank: class
Amphibia
common name: Amphibians rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Global in scope but principally a North American Synoptic collection with a Western Canada emphasis.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ildiko Szabo
originator
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate

Ildiko Szabo
metadata author
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Ildiko Szabo
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate