CAREC Amphibians

Renoir Auguste1, Mike Rutherford1

1 The University of the West Indies, Dept. of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago

Corresponding author(s): Renoir Auguste (UWIZoologyMuseum@sta.uwi.edu)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

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

Abstract

This dataset contains records from some of the CAREC (now CARPHA - Caribbean Public Health Agency) amphibian collections.

Keywords: Occurrence, Amphibians, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Personnel: Mike Rutherford, Renoir Auguste
Funding: This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF
Study area descriptions/descriptor: This project covers zoological specimens collected in Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent.
Design description: The goal of this project is to make the records contained within the UWIZM accessible to all.

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=carecamphibians

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Specimens were mostly identified to species level.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Aromobatidae, Bufonidae, Eleutherodactylidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Microhylidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Records are mostly from Trinidad and Tobago, with some from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent.
Coordinates: 9°45'7.2''N and 18°26'16.8''N Latitude; 63°30'3.6''W and 60°9'39.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 22, 1959 - July 11, 1979

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: UWI Zoology Collection
Collection name: CAREC Amphibians
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: 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.
Study extent description: Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent.
Sampling description: Specimens were collected by hand or brought in.
Quality control description: Specimen identifications were checked by at least two people.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive CAREC Amphibians
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=carecamphibians
Publication date of data: 2018-09-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-06-04
Hierarchy level: Dataset