Computerization of the Herpetology Collection at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection

该项目的目的是将德克萨斯州合作野生动物收藏(TCWC)两栖和爬行动物分部的69,000多个编目标本计算机化，并通过WWW和联合两栖和爬行动物收藏数据库传播保存的信息。德克萨斯合作野生动物收藏分部收藏了来自世界各地的80,000个单独编号的标本，其中来自德克萨斯州、墨西哥和新热带地区的标本非常强大。这些藏品的规模在缺乏独立博物馆的大学藏品中名列前茅。这是迄今为止得克萨斯州最大的疱疹收藏，拥有来自各州所有地区的超过4.5万份已编目的标本。来自墨西哥和拉丁美洲的藏品很多，约占藏品的50%。在分类学上具有优势的领域包括蜥蜴、沙蜥和蛇。收录了93%的两栖爬行动物科、42%的现存属和22%的现存草类物种。藏品包括37个全型型和868个副型型。在过去的五年里，它的增长率是每年2200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TCWC网页上建立一个可搜索的持有量数据库。该页面将按物种打印到县级别的搜索。数据文件还将被转发到加州科学院维护的综合两栖类收藏品数据库。在我们的藏品电脑化和传播后，收藏品的使用将显著增加。

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.