The MVZ collection of amphibians and reptiles contains over 270,000 catalogued specimens. As of 8 April 2004, 123 of these have been designated holotypes, three are neotypes, three are syntypes, and 1793 are paratypes and paratopotypes. Most specimens are fluid-preserved, but the collection also contains skeletal preparations, sets of amphibian eggs and larvae, and several thousand specimens that have been cleared and stained. Other special collections include pineal organs, 800 sectioned heads, a series of dried anuran skins from California and Argentina, and stomach contents that have been removed from more than 3,000 predatory reptiles.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/09c4287e-e6d5-4552-a07f-bff8a00833d8
Homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Herp_Collection.html
Citation: Spencer C (2025). MVZ Herp Collection (Arctos). Version 36.98. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pi1mts accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-28.