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Vertebrate Zoology Division - Herpetology, Yale Peabody Museum

Specimen Records: 75,651
Media Records: 8,031
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2024-02-01

The herpetology collection in the Peabody’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology is worldwide in scope, with over 23,000 specimens and specimen lots (including larvae) of amphibians (over 300 taxa) and reptiles (more than 1,300 taxa). Holdings include 95 type specimens of 8 taxa in both wet and osteological collections.

Contacts

Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Greg Watkins-Colwell
RoleDivision of Vertebrate Zoology
Emailgregory.watkins-colwell@yale.edu
  • Data Corrected
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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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98.605
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98.605
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98.605
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98.605
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98.605
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92.249
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90.641
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85.403
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82.608
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70.975
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58.779
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41.812
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39.582
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5.465
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4.744
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4.715
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2.746
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1.106
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0.054
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0.044
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0.012
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i3
0.004
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i1
0.001
dwc_specificepithet_added  i1
0.001
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