Occurrence dataset Registered September 28, 2012
KUBI Herpetology Collection
Description
KU herpetology houses one of the largest herpetology collections in the world (340,000 specimens representing more than 5000 species from 156 countries). The KU collections include the world’s largest collection of neotropical amphibian and reptile specimens (200,000+) as well as substantial numbers of Nearctic (80,000+) and Asian (20,000+) specimens. KU holdings are particularly strong for the U.S., Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa, Rica, Haiti, the Philippines, Peru and Panama. The collection from Kansas is the state’s largest (20,000+). The type collection includes nearly 400 primary types, mostly amphibians. KU Herpetology also maintains 5000 cleared-and-stained osteological preparations, nearly 5000 dried skeletons, and one of the world’s largest collections of amphibian larvae (6000+ lots). The KU digital archive includes more than 12,000 digital images and more than 1500 acoustic recordings.
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Additional info
Contacts
- Organization
- University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
- Position
- Bioinformatics Manager
- Address
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- Roles
- Originator
- Phone
- Organization
- University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
- Position
- Curator-in-Charge of Herpetology
- Address
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- Roles
- Metadata author
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- Organization
- University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
- Position
- Curator of Herpetology
- Address
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- Roles
- Curator
- Phone
- Organization
- University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
- Position
- Curator
- Address
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- Roles
- Administrative point of contact
- Phone
- Organization
- University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
- Position
- Collection Manager
- Address
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- Roles
- Administrative point of contact
- Phone
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- September 28, 2012
- Metadata last modified
- August 01, 2025
- Publication date
- August 01, 2025
- Hosted by
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
- Installation
- KU Biodiversity Institute IPT
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/ubdwdc
- Alternative identifiers