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University of Illinois Museum of Natural History Amphibian and Reptile Collection (UIMNH-HERP-UIMNH)

With nearly 100,000 catalogued specimens, the UIMNH Amphibian and Reptile Collection is among the largest in North America. The geographic emphasis is Mexico, but there are large holdings from the United States, Canada, Ecuador, Cuba, the Philippines, and Venezuela. There are approximately 2,000 type specimens; including over 170 primary types.

Fluid Collections Manager: Enrique Santoyo-Brito, esbrito@illinois.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 20 May 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
University of Illinois Museum of Natural History Amphibian and Reptile Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: b8485d27-530d-458a-8569-8333fee00916) https://biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal/content/dwca/UIMNH-HERP-UIMNH_DwC-A.zip accessed via the INHS Collections Data Portal, biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal, 2024-12-03).
Collection Statistics
  • 96,055 specimen records
  • 89,570 (93%) georeferenced
  • 93,240 (97%) identified to species
  • 114 families
  • 608 genera
  • 2,432 species
  • 2,852 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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