University of Nebraska State Museum Herpetology Collection

Thomas Labedz

doi:10.15468/wnxczx

University of Nebraska State Museum Herpetology Collection

Citation

Labedz T (2021). University of Nebraska State Museum Herpetology Collection. University of Nebraska State Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wnxczx accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-01.

Description

The collection of amphibians and reptiles was salvaged, organized, and cataloged by Dr. John D. Lynch prior to being moved into UNSM in the early 1970s. Early collections include those of Lawrence Bruner from Nebraska in the 1880s and Argentina in the 1890s. G.E Hudson collected extensively in the 1930s and produced "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska" (1942). Lynch and others continued collecting and depositing regional specimens to the collections. Royce Ballinger, Lynch, and Geoffrey Smith produced "Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska" (2010). Also, distributions in Dan Fogell’s 2010 "A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska" are based largely on these collections. In 1999 the amphibian and reptile collections of the University of South Dakota were transferred to and incorporated into the UNSM collections. The collection today totals over 18,900 specimens, primarily from Nebraska and South Dakota.

Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

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

Geographic Coverages

Primarily Nebraska (10,606) and South Dakota (4,777) with some smaller collections from elsewhere in the United States. Also some collections from Argentina (43), Canada (5), Mexico (50), and Panama (2).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Thomas Labedz
originator
position: Collection Manager
Division of Zoology, University of Nebraska State Museum
645 N 14th St
Lincoln
68588-0338
NE
US
Telephone: +01 402-472-8366
email: tlabedz1@unl.edu
homepage: https://museum.unl.edu/collections/zoology/index.html

Thomas Labedz
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
Division of Zoology, University of Nebraska State Museum
645 N 14th St
Lincoln
68588-0338
NE
US
Telephone: +01 402-472-8366
email: tlabedz1@unl.edu
homepage: https://museum.unl.edu/collections/zoology/index.html

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Thomas Labedz
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Division of Zoology, University of Nebraska State Museum
645 N 14th St
Lincoln
68588-0338
NE
US
Telephone: +01 402-472-8366
email: tlabedz1@unl.edu
homepage: https://museum.unl.edu/collections/zoology/index.html

Robert Zink
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Division of Zoology, University of Nebraska State Museum
645 N 14th St
Lincoln
68588-0338
NE
US
Telephone: +01 612-590-4215
email: rzink2@unl.edu
homepage: https://museum.unl.edu/collections/zoology/index.html