Herpetology Resources | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
The Museum's collection of amphibians and reptiles contains approximately 183,000 catalogued specimens from around the globe.
Herpetology Contact Information
General Inquiries:
Telephone: (213) 763-3371
Fax: (213) 748-4432
Neftali Camacho
Collections Manager, Herpetology
ncamacho@nhm.org
Greg Pauly
Assistant Curator, Herpetology
gpauly@nhm.org
You can also follow Herpetology Section happenings on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LACMherps.
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Herpetology Resources
- Approximately 183,000 catalogued specimens, including skeletal and cleared & stained specimens, searchable using the Herpnet2 or Vertnet portal (for more information on the collection and our loan policy, please see the Collections page);
- The Costa Rican Expedition (CRE) Reptile and Amphibian Collection, including more than 20,000 specimens collected from a variety of localities in Costa Rica throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s by Dr. Jay Savage and colleagues;
- Frozen tissue collection;
- Digital and slide photographic collection;
- Photographic vouchers and locality records from the Museum's citizen science project, the Lost Lizards of Los Angeles (LLOLA);
- Histological collection, including many slides from the work of long-time Research Associate Stephen Goldberg;
- Gut contents from a number of species;
- An extensive teaching collection of both wet specimens and skeletons; and
- Herpetology library and map collection, an extensive collection of reprints, journals, and books covering all aspects of amphibian and reptile biology and evolution.