Arizona State University Herpetology Collection (ASU-ASUHEC)

The Herpetology Collection at the ASU Natural History Collections contains approximately 38,000 specimens representing more than 900 species, with a geographic concentration in the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Please note: when searching our collection, all catalog numbers follow the format ASUHEC######

Collection Manager: Dakota Rowsey, drowsey@asu.edu, (480)727-5870 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-5925-0579)
Specimen Loan and Collection Use Request Form: https://forms.gle/fmnqR36MYTeQdyZT8
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 2bb2a2e8-c907-40c9-a2d2-65bb4959e939
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Arizona State University (Rowsey D.)
734 W Alameda Drive
Tempe, Arizona   85282
USA
(480) 727-5870
Collection Statistics
  • 35,732 specimen records
  • 33,528 (94%) georeferenced
  • 5 (0.01%) with images (10 total images)
  • 34,238 (96%) identified to species
  • 102 families
  • 415 genera
  • 944 species
  • 1,184 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abastor (3)
  • Achalinus (1)
  • Ahaetulla (4)
  • Amphiesma (1)
  • Arizona (186)
  • Atractus (1)
  • Boiga (10)
  • Calamaria (1)
  • Carphophis (17)
  • Cemophora (4)
  • Cerberus (1)
  • Chilomeniscus (71)
  • Chionactis (148)
  • Chironius (1)
  • Chrysopelea (2)
  • Clelia (1)
  • Coluber (35)
  • Coniophanes (1)
  • Conophis (6)
  • Conopsis (4)
  • Contia (3)
  • Coronella (2)
  • Crotaphopeltis (1)
  • Dasypeltis (2)
  • Dendrelaphis (2)
  • Dendrophis (1)
  • Diadophis (61)
  • Dipsadoboa (1)
  • Dipsas (5)
  • Dispholidus (4)
  • Dryadophis (2)
  • Drymarchon (11)
  • Drymoluber (1)
  • Elaphe (40)
  • Enhydris (2)
  • Erythrolamprus (9)
  • Farancia (10)
  • Ficimia (1)
  • Geophis (2)
  • Grayia (1)
  • Gyalopion (27)
  • Haldea (9)
  • Hapsidophrys (2)
  • Helicops (1)
  • Heterodon (53)
  • Hypsiglena (198)
  • Imantodes (3)
  • Lampropeltis (296)
  • Leptodeira (23)
  • Leptophis (12)
  • Lycodon (3)
  • Lygophis (1)
  • Malpolon (1)
  • Masticophis (300)
  • Mastigodryas (1)
  • Meizodon (1)
  • Natrix (10)
  • Nerodia (169)
  • Ninia (3)
  • Opheodrys (28)
  • Orientocoluber (1)
  • Orthriophis (1)
  • Oxybelis (17)
  • Pantherophis (35)
  • Philothamnus (1)
  • Phyllorhynchus (226)
  • Pituophis (480)
  • Pseudelaphe (1)
  • Pseudoboa (2)
  • Pseustes (1)
  • Ptyas (3)
  • Regina (12)
  • Rhabdophis (2)
  • Rhinocheilus (397)
  • Salvadora (189)
  • Scaphiophis (1)
  • Seminatrix (4)
  • Senticolis (11)
  • Sibon (2)
  • Sinonatrix (1)
  • Sonora (329)
  • Storeria (34)
  • Sympholis (2)
  • Tantilla (125)
  • Telescopus (2)
  • Thamnodynastes (1)
  • Thamnophis (643)
  • Thelotornis (4)
  • Thrasops (2)
  • Trimorphodon (81)
  • Tropidoclonion (15)
  • Virginia (14)
  • Xenochrophis (1)