Support to Enhance the Accessibility of the Herpetological Collections of the FMNH

菲尔德自然博物馆的爬虫收藏 历史包含234，000名编目的代表， 世界两栖爬行动物包括1,226种。 的 收藏是世界上第五大爬虫类收藏， 美国，博物馆管理部门最近增加了 这一部分建筑物被分配给 收藏. 哈罗德·沃里斯博士，负责 收藏，正在计划为此增加存储设备 扩建项目，包括一个超冷冷冻机的冷冻 组织收集。 将建设新的研究领域， 为来访的科学家配备的设备，以及来自野外记录的数据， 将增加冷冻组织和组织学载玻片收集 到收藏数据库。 对这一重要爬虫学的改进建议 收藏将增加其对研究的价值和影响 社区 对数据库的改进将使标本更多 可供学习和租借，新的实验室空间可供参观 爬虫学家将被大量使用。 自然历史收藏 这是研究生物学的主要资源 地球上的多样性，以及它们的持续改进是必不可少的 为未来的研究人员。

The herpetological collection of the Field Museum of Natural History contains 234,000 catalogued representatives of the world's amphibians and reptiles, including 1,226 types. The collection is the fifth largest herpetology collection in the U.S., and the Museum administration has recently added significantly to that portion of the building assigned to the collection. Dr. Harold Voris, Curator in charge of the collection, is planning additional storage equipment for this expansion project, including an ultra-cold freezer for the frozen tissue collection. New research areas will be constructed and equipped for visiting scientists, and data from the field note, frozen tissue, and histological slide collections will be added to the collection database. The proposed improvements to this important herpetology collection will increase its value to and impact on the research community. Improvements to the database will make specimens more available for study and loan, and the new lab space for visiting herpetologists will be heavily used. Natural history collections such as this are the primary resource for studying biological diversity on earth, and their continued improvement is essential for future generations of researchers.