Computerization of the Herpetology Collection at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection

德克萨斯合作野生动物保藏中心爬虫学收藏的计算机化

• 批准号: 9728992
• 负责人: Lee Fitzgerald
• 金额: $ 7.33万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-03-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9728992&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computerization; Herpetology; Collection; Texas; Cooperative

The aim of this project is to computerize 69,000+ catalogued specimens in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection (TCWC), and disseminate information on holdings via the WWW and the Combined Herpetological Collections Database the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection houses 80,000 individually numbered specimens from throughout the world, with exceptionally strong collections from Texas, Mexico, and the Neotropics. The collection's size ranks high among university-based collections lacking stand-alone museums. It is the largest collections of Texas herps by far, with more than 45,000 catalogued specimens from all areas of the states. Holdings from Mexico and Latin America are extensive, and make up about 50% of the collection. Areas of taxonomic strength include Teiid lizards,Phrynosomatid lizards, and snakes. The collection contains representative of 93% of amphibian and reptile families, 42% of existing genera, and 22% of existing herptile species. The collection houses 37 holotypes and 868 paratypes. The growth rate is 2,200 specimens/year over the last five years and compares well with any herpetological collection. One of the most important outcomes of this project will be a searchable database of holdings on the TCWC web page. The page will print searches to the level of county by species. Data files will also be forwarded to the Combined Herpetological Collections Data Base, maintained at the California Academy of Sciences. Use of the collection will increase significantly after computerization and dissemination of our holdings.

该项目的目的是计算得克萨斯州野生动物合作保藏中心（TCWC）两栖动物和爬行动物部门的69，000多个编目标本，并通过万维网和两栖动物和爬行动物联合保藏数据库传播有关馆藏的信息。得克萨斯州野生动物合作保藏中心两栖动物和爬行动物部门收藏了来自世界各地的80，000个单独编号的标本，从得克萨斯州、墨西哥和新热带地区收集到了非常丰富的标本。 该藏品的规模在缺乏独立博物馆的大学藏品中排名靠前。 它是迄今为止德克萨斯州最大的疱疹标本馆，拥有来自各州所有地区的45，000多个编目标本。 来自墨西哥和拉丁美洲的藏品非常广泛，约占藏品的50%。 分类学上的优势包括Teiid蜥蜴，Phrynosomatid蜥蜴和蛇。 该集合包含了93%的两栖动物和爬行动物科，42%的现有属和22%的现有爬行动物物种的代表。 收藏有37个全息模型和868个模型。 在过去的五年里，其增长率为每年2,200个标本，与任何爬行动物收藏相比都很好。 该项目最重要的成果之一将是在《公约》网页上建立一个可搜索的馆藏数据库。 该页面将按物种打印到县一级的搜索。 数据文件也将被转发到联合爬行动物收集数据库，在加州科学院维护。 在电脑化和传播我们的收藏之后，对收藏的使用将大大增加。