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Burton Ostenson Museum Herpetology Collection (PLUNHM-PLUHERP)

The Herpetology Collection at the PLU Burton Ostenson Museum contains over 1200 specimens representing more than 100 species collected primarily from the Pacific Northwest. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research.
Contacts: Jacob Egge, eggejj@plu.edu
Homepage: https://www.plu.edu/biology/burton-ostenson-museum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: bbf5471c-0344-42fd-82d2-d8bc3bb67e45
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Pacific Lutheran University
Access Rights: not-for-profit use only
Collection Statistics
  • 1,323 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 1,259 (95%) identified to species
  • 44 families
  • 89 genera
  • 126 species
  • 145 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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