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Herpetological Collections w/
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Specimens
The first specimen assignable to the political region that defines
today, was collected in
1700
. Since then, over
51,559
specimens have been cataloged in
45
different collections. These biological collections contribute to society and science in many ways; including public health and safety, serving as a baseline in perpetuity for monitoring environmental change, and are fundemental in taxonomy and systematics.
Herpetological Collection (# of Kansas records):
All
KU (23567)
FHSM (12493)
USNM (1608)
FMNH (1545)
UIMNH (1022)
CM (980)
CAS (927)
UMMZ (888)
MCZ (771)
UCM (744)
PSU (731)
MSUM (618)
MVZ (570)
UTEP-BC (550)
UF (485)
AMNH (464)
SDNHM (446)
UC (389)
CHAS (346)
BYU (343)
CAS-SUA (329)
ANSP (297)
TCWC (224)
LACM (221)
TNHC (215)
LSUMZ (94)
BC (80)
ROM (76)
JFBM (72)
OUMNH (64)
SIUC (53)
TTU (42)
INHS (42)
UNSM (34)
KU-CS (27)
ASUMZ (26)
AUNHMLC (25)
OSUS (24)
MPM (7)
YPM (5)
CUMV (2)
UG (2)
UMC (1)
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