Vertebrate Zoology (MPM-VZ)

Milwaukee Public Museum Vertebrate Zoology Collections. This collection encompasses MPM collection codes: Reptiles and Amphibians (RA), Fishes (Fi), Bird Nests and Eggs (Be), Mammals (M), and Birds (Bi).
Contact: Julia Colby
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 March 2020
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Milwaukee Public Museum Inc.
Collection Statistics
  • 29,513 occurrence
  • 285 (0.97%) georeferenced
  • 95 families
  • 0 genera
  • 0 species
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Agamidae (8)
  • Alligatoridae (63)
  • Alytidae (1)
  • Ambystomatidae (1245)
  • Amphisbaenidae (17)
  • Amphiumidae (19)
  • Anguidae (140)
  • Anniellidae (3)
  • Ascaphidae (19)
  • Bataguridae (8)
  • Bipedidae (1)
  • Boidae (386)
  • Bombinatoridae (13)
  • Brachycephalidae (1)
  • Bufonidae (2453)
  • Caeciliidae (2)
  • Carphodactylidae (1)
  • Centrolenidae (2)
  • Ceratophryidae (1)
  • Chamaeleonidae (27)
  • Chelidae (2)
  • Cheloniidae (24)
  • Chelydridae (167)
  • Colubridae (6005)
  • Cordylidae (3)
  • Corytophanidae (75)
  • Crocodylidae (20)
  • Crotaphytidae (283)
  • Cryptobranchidae (215)
  • Cylindrophiidae (1)
  • Dendrobatidae (113)
  • Dermatemydidae (1)
  • Dermochelyidae (1)
  • Dicamptodontidae (18)
  • Diplodactylidae (2)
  • Elapidae (130)
  • Eleutherodactylidae (362)
  • Emydidae (1083)
  • Eublepharidae (26)
  • Gavialidae (1)
  • Gekkonidae (330)
  • Geoemydidae (1)
  • Gymnophthalmidae (56)
  • Helodermatidae (29)
  • Hemiphractidae (2)
  • Hemisotidae (1)
  • Hoplocercidae (2)
  • Hydrophiidae (20)
  • Hylidae (2791)
  • Hynobiidae (6)
  • Hyperoliidae (65)
  • Iguanidae (87)
  • Kinosternidae (217)
  • Lacertidae (33)
  • Lamprophiidae (1)
  • Leiuperidae (32)
  • Leptodactylidae (123)
  • Leptotyphlopidae (2)
  • Loxocemidae (2)
  • Microhylidae (138)
  • Odontophrynidae (2)
  • Pelobatidae (3)
  • Pelomedusidae (2)
  • Phrynobatrachidae (2)
  • Phrynosomatidae (970)
  • Phyllodactylidae (3)
  • Pipidae (9)
  • Plethodontidae (2902)
  • Podocnemididae (3)
  • Polychrotidae (1140)
  • Proteidae (171)
  • Ptychadenidae (4)
  • Pythonidae (20)
  • Pyxicephalidae (1)
  • Ranidae (4045)
  • Rhacophoridae (4)
  • Rhineuridae (11)
  • Rhinophrynidae (8)
  • Rhyacotritonidae (48)
  • Salamandridae (609)
  • Scaphiopodidae (235)
  • Scincidae (647)
  • Sirenidae (203)
  • Sphaerodactylidae (7)
  • Sphenodontidae (6)
  • Strabomantidae (12)
  • Teiidae (416)
  • Testudinidae (44)
  • Trionychidae (215)
  • Tropidophiidae (68)
  • Tropiduridae (72)
  • Typhlopidae (20)
  • Varanidae (8)
  • Viperidae (705)
  • Xantusiidae (14)