The current collection has approximately 58,000 specimens and is part of the University of Arizona Natural History Museum in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The collection is managed by Melanie Bucci under the direction of Dr. Peter Reinthal and faculty curator, Dr. John Wiens. The holdings for this Legacy Collection are international in scope, spanning forty-six countries from six continents, and include material from forty-six U.S. states and territories, as well as thirty Mexican states. Other regions with coverage include Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Malaysia, and the Middle East. The principal strength of this collection, however, resides in extensive holdings from the Southwestern United States, and Northern Mexico. Approximently 70% of our specimens are from the States of Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico, making this assemblage one of the premiere regional collections in the country, and the single most important herpetological collection covering this extremely diverse and important biological realm.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/96c25708-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Homepage: http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/Collections/Herp/HerpPage.htm
Citation: Bucci M (2022). UAZ Herpetology Collection. University of Arizona Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rqnb5a accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-04-29.