CCBER Herpetology Collection

The herpetology collection holds approximately 11,500 specimens, mostly from San Luis Obispo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties. The collection is scientifically valuable for its extensive coverage of this rich and biogeographically complex transitional region. The majority of specimens are fluid-preserved and are accompanied by field notes. There are significant holdings of amphibian eggs and larvae, skeletal preparations, prepared materials, focused collections that show evolutionary dynamics at intraspecific transition zones, and the synoptic collection. We do not maintain a tissue collection at this time. The CCBER herpetological collection is unique in its thorough coverage of the herpetofauna of southwestern California, and for its relevance to critical conservation issues via documenting life history patterns of declining amphibians and recent changes in the abundance and distribution of species.本两栖爬行动物学馆藏共计约11500件标本，采集地主要集中于圣路易斯奥比斯波县、克恩县、圣巴巴拉县、文图拉县与洛杉矶县。该馆藏因全面覆盖了这片生物区系繁茂、生物地理结构复杂的过渡地带，具备极高的科研价值。绝大多数标本采用液浸保存方式，并附带对应的野外采集记录。馆藏中还藏有大量两栖动物卵与幼体标本、骨骼标本、标准化预处理的标本材料，以及用于揭示种内过渡区演化动态的专项馆藏与综合馆藏。目前本馆藏暂未设立组织样本库。CCBER两栖爬行动物馆藏的独特性体现在两方面：其一，它全面覆盖了加利福尼亚州西南部的两栖爬行动物区系；其二，其通过记录种群衰退两栖动物的生活史模式，以及物种丰度与分布的近期变化，为关键生物保护议题提供了重要研究支撑。