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 2018-04-20.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.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
36 out of 43 British Columbia species.
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Reptiliacommon name: Reptiles rank: class
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Amphibiacommon 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 Szabooriginator
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