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With support from the National Science Foundation, the following natural history museums collaborated to create the original HerpNET network: The Academy of Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Auburn University Natural History Museum and Learning Center, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Monte L. Bean Museum (Brigham Young University), California Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Fort Hayes State University - Sternberg Museum, Field Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia Museum of Natural History, Illinois Natural History Survey (University of Illinois), Bell Museum (University of Minnesota), University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural History, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Milwaukee Public Museum, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of California at Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum (University of Oklahoma), James R. Slater Museum (University of Puget Sound), Redpath Museum (McGill University), Royal Ontario Museum, San Diego Natural History Museum, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection (Texas A & M University), Texas Natural History Center (University of Texas at Austin), University of Alberta Museum of Zoology, Amphibian and Reptile Collection (University of Arizona), University of Colorado Museum, University of Florida Museum of Natural History, Museo de Zoologia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Biological Resources Research Center (University of Nevada at Reno), University of Nebraska State Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Collection of Vertebrates (University of Texas at Arlington), The Centennial Museum (University of Texas at El Paso), The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (University of Washington), and Peabody Museum (Yale University).

The results returned by query forms on this site may contain fields that are not necessarily supported in the databases of every participating institution. The contents of these fields will appear blank in the records returned from these institutions. Similarly, a value for a supported field may appear blank if no data were recorded in that field for a particular record. The extent to which data are made publicly available through this network is determined by each institution for its own data. In addition, every participating collection maintains additional specimen information that is not available through this interface. Individual institutions should be contacted for clarifications, and for additional data.


HerpNET is an open, collaborative network. Data providers interested in joining this effort can find out about software and related information on the HerpNET project web site.