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LSUMZ Herps Collection
Seth Parker
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural ScienceHerpetology Collections Manager
119 Foster HallBaton RougeLouisiana70803UNITED_STATES
225-578-3669sethparker@lsu.eduhttp://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/
Seth Parker
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural ScienceHerpetology Collections Manager
119 Foster HallBaton RougeLouisiana70803UNITED_STATES
225-578-3669sethparker@lsu.eduhttp://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/
Chris Austin
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural ScienceCurator
119 Foster HallBaton RougeLouisiana70803UNITED_STATES
225-578-2841ccaustin@lsu.eduhttp://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/ CURATOR
David Bloom
VertNetVertNet Coordinatordbloom@vertnet.orghttp://www.vertnet.org/ PROGRAMMER
David Bloom
VertNetVertNet Programmerdbloom@vertnet.orghttp://www.vertnet.org/ PROGRAMMER
John Wieczorek
VertNetInformation Architecttuco@berkeley.eduhttp://www.vertnet.org/ PROGRAMMER
2017-01-19
ENGLISH
The collection of reptiles and amphibians is comprised of more than 140,000 specimens.
The collection is extremely rich in snake species, with 359 genera and 954 species represented. The remaining herp groups are represented as follows: lizards (165 genera, 776 species), tuataras (1 genus, 1 species), turtles (54 genera, 104 species), crocodilians (8 genera, 15 species), frogs (143 genera, 682 species), salamanders (38 genera, 151 species), and caecilians (12 genera, 19 species).
The collection contains 52 holotypes (specimens representing species new to science), which is a disproportionately large number for a collection of this size. The herpetology collection is worldwide in scope. The snake skeletal collection is among the largest and most diverse in the world.
The collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosà is the largest in the world, and the collections from Honduras and Peru are among the top five in the world. Approximately 55-60 percent of the currently recognized genera of snakes are represented in the collection.
Occurrence
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Specimen
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http://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/
Global with excellent collections from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosà and other collections from Honduras and Peru.
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Seth Parker
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural ScienceHerpetology Collections Manager
119 Foster HallBaton RougeLouisiana70803UNITED_STATES
225-578-3669sethparker@lsu.eduhttp://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mns/research-collections/herpetology/
2024-03-28T23:07:12Z
Parker S (2017). LSUMZ Herps Collection. Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iogakq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-03-28.