Amphibian Species of the World database
Entry ID: AMPHIBIAN_SPECIES

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Summary
Abstract: The American Museum's collection of amphibians and reptiles
ranks among the world's five largest herpetological
collections. The separately catalogued collections of amphibians
and reptiles total more than 315,500 specimens, of which more
than 10,300 have more than one type of preparation.

The scope of the Herpetology collection is global. Aside from
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Title: Amphibian Species of the World
Dataset Publisher: The American Museum of Natural History
Online Resource: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-03-01
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 deg.
Longitude Resolution: 1 deg.
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual
Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL BACKSCATTER Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
Platform
SHIPS Ancillary Description
Quality The overland records have been deleted.
Access Constraints None.
Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility.

For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part.

Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.
Ancillary Keywords
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//about_bas/our_organisation/eid/pdc/ind...
Dataset ID: GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00251

Data Center Personnel
Name: HELEN CAMPBELL
Contact Address:
Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online FTP
Distribution Size: 5 MB
Distribution Format: EXCEL
Fees: See Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Data Policy
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +44 (0)1223 221594
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 221312
Fax: +44 (0)1223 362616
Email: aedc at bas.ac.uk
Contact Address:
Antarctic Environmental Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
City: Cambridge
Province or State: Cambridgeshire
Postal Code: CB3 0ET
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Publications/References
Fazel, A. 2006. Dykes as Tracers of Continental Break-up Argon Geochronology of Mesozoic Volcanic Rocks of Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica Supervisors: Simon Kelley (Open University), Phil Leat (British Antarctic Survey), Chris Hawkesworth (University of Bristol) Riley TR, Leat PT, Curtis ML, Millar IL, Duncan RA and Fazel A. 2005. Early-middle jurassic dolerite dykes from western Dronning ... View entire text
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-06-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-04-27

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