Brief history of herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a list of type specimens of recent amphibians and reptiles / Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles, David A. Good, and David B. Wake
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abstract; Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Novavian Reptiles in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; List of type specimens; Geographic Distribution of Type Localities of Recent Amphibians and Nonavian Reptiles in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Appendix: Herpetologists in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Literature Cited
Summary
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is a leading center of herpetological research in the United States. This book offers a brief account of the principal figures associated with the collection and of the most important events in the history of herpetology in the MVZ during its first 93 years, and lists all type specimens of recent amphibians and nonavian reptiles in the collection
Notes
"A contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California, Berkeley."