Description
Type specimens are extremely crucial for taxonomic studies as they form the backbone for species nomenclature. BNHS houses a good collection of type specimens, especially for reptiles and amphibians which is growing frequently. The current dataset consists of 267 occurrence records for type specimens of various reptiles including 175 lizards and 92 snakes collected from India and nearby countries. Verbatim location information and decimal coordinates are also provided for almost the entire dataset.
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 267 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:
Pal S (2022): Type specimens of reptiles in BNHS. v1.4. Bombay Natural History Society. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=reptiletypesbnhs_v2&v=1.4
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Bombay Natural History Society. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: dce6d2a2-ad45-4b97-8ce5-aace48cb8c8f. Bombay Natural History Society publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
India, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, China
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1887-01-01 / 2020-05-30 |
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Project Data
Occurrence data is an invaluable resource to understand species distributions across space and time. A Museum collections provide much-needed information on morphology, historical occurrence, and distribution in the form of specimens and associated metadata. Unfortunately, this information is often not utilized to its full potential as it is not readily available. With more than 135,000 faunal specimens collected from across the Indian Subcontinent over a period of 135 years, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is one of the finest natural history collections in Asia. This project aims to address a data gap of Indian reptiles and amphibians by digitizing BNHS specimens and associated metadata to make it readily available for conservation assessments, policymakers, and stakeholders.
| Title | Addressing the taxonomic and geographical shortfall for amphibians and reptiles using specimen data from the collection of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India, Bombay Natural History Society, India |
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| Identifier | BIFA4_052 |
| Funding | BIFA |
| Study Area Description | collection of BNHS museum, India |
| Design Description | Digitization of the reptile and amphibian specimens from the museum collection by correcting taxonomic ambiguities and accurate cataloging of the extant specimens. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Curator
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Natural history collection, BNHS |
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| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | dce6d2a2-ad45-4b97-8ce5-aace48cb8c8f |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=reptiletypesbnhs_v2 |