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Amphibian and Reptile Collections - Chicago
The Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database contains 278,000 records that indicate the nature and extent of our collection.
MVZ Herpetological Collection
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley ( MVZ)
The MVZ collection of amphibians and reptiles contains over 265,000 catalogued specimens. As of 8 April 2004, 123 of these have been designated holotypes, three are neotypes, three are syntypes, and 1793 are paratypes and paratopotypes. The oldest amphibian specimens date to 1876 and the oldest reptiles to 1861.
Royal BC Museum - Herpetology - Kanada
The Royal BC Museum’s collection contains over 101861 vertebrate specimens, in a wide range of life-history stages from eggs, eggshells, preserved embryos, tadpoles, newly hatched or neonate animals, to fully adult individuals. About 34 amphibian and 31 reptile taxa are represented in this collection, with more added every time researchers get out to survey new areas.
Serpentarium - California
The Serpentarium is a privately owned 3,000 square foot, 2-story Museum with two additional Reptile Super Stores located in Elk Grove and Roseville, California
Snakes: versatile predators - London
The Natural History Museum, London
Snakes live and hunt in a range of habitats, from under the ground to the tops of trees, and from the desert to the open sea. They eat everything from insects to medium-sized mammals. Garth Underwood, honorary research fellow at The Natural History Museum, London, explores the array of adaptations that explain the extraordinary success of snakes.
Meghatározás
A gerinces állatok egyik osztályába tartoznak a hüllők (Reptilia), amelyeknek négy ma élő rendje ismeretes: teknősök, krokodilok, felemásgyíkok és pikkelyes hüllők. A jelen linkválogatásból megismerhető mindaz, amit a hüllők életéről, tartásáról tudni érdemes.