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Eastern Kentucky University Herpetological Collection (EKU-Herpetology)

Herpetofaunal specimens collected in Kentucky and surrounding areas.
Curator: Cy Mott, Ph.D., cy.mott@eku.edu, 8596221506
Contacts: Stephen Richter, Ph.D., stephen.richter@eku.edu
Homepage: http://biology.eku.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 6c697adf-71c9-4a4b-a8fe-22a09c2c09cc
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://csvcoll.org/portal/content/dwca/EKU-Herpetology_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 5,179 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 3,658 (71%) identified to species
  • 28 families
  • 69 genera
  • 144 species
  • 190 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Carphophis (85)
  • Cemophora (1)
  • Clonophis (3)
  • Coluber (19)
  • Diadophis (105)
  • Elaphe (18)
  • Heterodon (4)
  • Hypsiglena (1)
  • Lampropeltis (29)
  • Natrix (62)
  • Nerodia (26)
  • Opheodrys (10)
  • Pantherophis (4)
  • Regina (41)
  • Storeria (65)
  • Thamnophis (50)
  • Virginia (3)