UWIZM Amphibians

Occurrence
Latest version published by The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM) on Oct 1, 2018 The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM)

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Description

This dataset contains records from the majority of the UWIZM amphibians collections.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 306 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Rutherford MG and Auguste RJ (2018): UWIZM Amphibians. v1.4. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=uwizmamphibians&v=1.4

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8d3f71b6-f08d-4afd-b335-32bfa1c3c5ba.  The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Amphibians; Anurans; Frogs; Trinidad and Tobago; Specimen

Contacts

Mike G. Rutherford
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Curator
The University of the West Indies
Dept. of Life Sciences
St. Augustine
TT
Renoir J. Auguste
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Database Assistant
The University of the West Indies
Dept. of Life Sciences
St. Augustine
TT
Mike Rutherford
  • Curator
  • Point Of Contact
Curator
The University of the West Indies
Dept. of Life Sciences
St. Augustine
TT

Geographic Coverage

Records are mainly from Trinidad and Tobago, but also from Grenada and Dominica.

Bounding Coordinates South West [9.536, -62.49], North East [16.51, -59.941]

Taxonomic Coverage

Amphibians were identified to species level.

Family Aromobatidae, Bufonidae, Centrolenidae, Eleutherodactylidae, Hemiphractidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Microhylidae, Ranidae, Strabomantidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1932-05-02 / 2016-10-04

Project Data

The purpose of this project is to make the various collections at the main institutions housing the biodiversity information available digitally through publication and the possible creation of a CariBIF portal for the region.

Title Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Identifier BID-CA2016-0006-REG
Funding This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF
Study Area Description This project covers zoological specimens collected in Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada and Dominica over the last century.
Design Description The goal of this project is to make the records contained within the UWIZM accessible to all.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Specimens were collected by hand.

Study Extent Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Dominica
Quality Control Specimen identifications were checked by at least two people.

Method step description:

  1. 1. Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (labels in jars, details in registers, etc,) 2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources) 3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.

Collection Data

Collection Name UWIZM Amphibian Collection
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol
Curatorial Units Count 306 +/- 1 jars

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 8d3f71b6-f08d-4afd-b335-32bfa1c3c5ba
https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=uwizmamphibians