UWBM Herpetology Collection (Arctos)

Adam Leache

doi:10.15468/419lza

UWBM Herpetology Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Leache A (2024). UWBM Herpetology Collection (Arctos). Version 31.97. University of Washington Burke Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/419lza accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The herpetological collection at the UW Burke Museum contains over 8,000 specimens of amphibians and reptiles. The collection has particularly strong geographic representation of the Pacific Northwest. More than 2,200 specimens are forest-dwelling amphibians from Western Washington obtained during wildlife studies in the 1980s and early 1990s. About 900 are garter snakes collected during the mid-1900s. In 2010, Dr. Adam Leache joined the Burke Museum as Curator of Genetic Resources and Herpetology. The entire collection was inventoried, catalogued, and georeferenced. This transition made the Burke Herpetology data searchable and mappable to the public for the first time. The geographic scope of the collection has expended greatly since 2010, and new collections from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Ghana are now available that reflect active research programs by herpetology staff. The collection consists largely of alcohol-reserved specimens with a small number of photographs and skeletons. Genetic resources are available for all specimens collected since 2010.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Amphibia, Reptilia
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Geographic Coverages

The UW Burke Museum herpetology collection is global, with especially strong holdings from the Pacific Northwest, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Ghana.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Adam Leache
originator
position: Curator of Genetic Resources and Herpetology
University of Washington Burke Museum
Department of Biology, 24 Kincaid Hall, University of Washington
Seattle
98195-1800
WA
US
Telephone: (206) 543-7622
email: leache@uw.edu
homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/leache/wordpress/

Adam Leache
metadata author
position: Curator of Genetic Resources and Herpetology
University of Washington Burke Museum
Department of Biology, 24 Kincaid Hall, University of Washington
Seattle
98195-1800
WA
US
Telephone: (206) 543-7622
email: leache@uw.edu
homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/leache/wordpress/

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Sharon Birks
administrative point of contact
position: Genetic Resources Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: (206) 221-8462
email: sbirks@u.washington.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/genetic/sharon

Adam Leache
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Genetic Resources and Herpetology
University of Washington Burke Museum
Department of Biology, 24 Kincaid Hall, University of Washington
Seattle
98195-1800
WA
US
Telephone: (206) 543-7622
email: leache@uw.edu
homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/leache/wordpress