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LSUMZ Herps Collection

Specimen Records: 98,523
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2017-01-26

The collection of reptiles and amphibians is comprised of more than 140,000 specimens. The collection is extremely rich in snake species, with 359 genera and 954 species represented. The remaining herp groups are represented as follows: lizards (165 genera, 776 species), tuataras (1 genus, 1 species), turtles (54 genera, 104 species), crocodilians (8 genera, 15 species), frogs (143 genera, 682 species), salamanders (38 genera, 151 species), and caecilians (12 genera, 19 species). The collection contains 52 holotypes (specimens representing species new to science), which is a disproportionately large number for a collection of this size. The herpetology collection is worldwide in scope. The snake skeletal collection is among the largest and most diverse in the world. The collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí is the largest in the world, and the collections from Honduras and Peru are among the top five in the world. Approximately 55-60 percent of the currently recognized genera of snakes are represented in the collection.

Contacts

Name Seth Parker
RoleHerpetology Collections Manager
Emailsethparker@lsu.edu
Name Seth Parker
RoleHerpetology Collections Manager
Emailsethparker@lsu.edu
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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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98.649
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98.649
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98.649
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98.649
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98.649
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98.649
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98.649
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97.942
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97.267
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92.881
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92.138
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78.027
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52.334
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44.793
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15.62
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12.816
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10.485
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9.263
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6.895
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1.912
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1.78
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0.54
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0.271
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0.25
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0.208
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0.047
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0.029
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0.007
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0.007
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0.007
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0.006
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0.004
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0.002
dwc_family_added  i1
0.001
dwc_genus_added  i1
0.001
rev_geocode_failure  i1
0.001
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