Description
The amphibian collection of the Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja consist of almost 1,900 specimens (by the end of 2024) preserved in alcohol. The majority of the specimens are from Azuay, El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe provinces, Southern Ecuador. The vast majority of the collection consists of frogs and toads (representing 13 families), with a small collection of salamanders (one family) and caecilians (two families).
La colección de anfibios del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja consta de casi 1900 especímenes (a finales de 2024) conservados en alcohol. La mayoría de los ejemplares son de las provincias de Azuay, El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago y Zamora Chinchipe, sur de Ecuador. La gran mayoría de la colección consiste en ranas y sapos (representado por 13 familias), con una pequeña colección de salamandras (una familia) y cecilias (dos familias).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,042 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Székely P, Székely D, Armijos-Ojeda D (2026). MUTPL Amphibian Collection. Version 2.3. Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.60545/jxdnkq
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f65cca4a-a2e6-4268-b80c-d8c3828cc0b7. Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Ecuador.
Keywords
Occurrence; Amphibia; Anura; Caudata; Gymnophiona; Ecuador; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
- Director
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-1596
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Investigador
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Docente - investigador
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
- Point Of Contact
- Director
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
Geographic Coverage
Ecuador, but most of the specimens are from southern Ecuador, from Azuay, El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe provinces.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-4.944, -80.879], North East [47.539, 79.145] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Amphibian specimens, mostly from Southern Ecuador, generally identified at species levels.
| Class | Amphibia (amphibians) |
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| Order | Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata (salamanders), Gymnophiona (caecilians) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2016-04-04 / 2025-02-04 |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | MUTPL Amphibian Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | c2e5b188-f73b-4913-a38e-2b2a4109d610 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | f65cca4a-a2e6-4268-b80c-d8c3828cc0b7 |
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| http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae/resource?r=mutpl-a |