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
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 )