Description
The reptile collection of the Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja consist of approximately 740 specimens (by the end of 2025) preserved in alcohol. The majority of the specimens are from El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe provinces, Southern Ecuador. Comprised of 20 families of snakes and lizards, many of which are underrepresented in other collections of the country.
La colección de reptiles del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja consta de aproximadamente 740 especímenes (hasta finales de 2025) conservados en alcohol. La mayoría de los ejemplares son de las provincias de El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago y Zamora Chinchipe, sur de Ecuador. Compuesto por 20 familias de serpientes y lagartos, muchos de los cuales están subrepresentados en otras colecciones del país.
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 740 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:
Loaiza-Lange A (2026). MUTPL Reptile Collection. Version 1.7. GBIF Ecuador - TEST. Occurrence dataset. http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae_test/resource?r=mutpl-r&v=1.7
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Ecuador - TEST. 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: e8ef6208-80b5-4019-8f6b-10242b665a9d. GBIF Ecuador - TEST publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Ecuador.
Keywords
Occurrence; Reptilia; Squamata; Ecuador; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7629-207X
- Point Of Contact
- Responsable del museo
- 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 [-5.222, -80.991], North East [1.494, -75.015] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Reptile specimens, mostly from Southern Ecuador, generally identified at species levels.
| Class | Reptilia (reptiles) |
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| Order | Squamata |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2009-03-10 / 2026-01-06 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | MUTPL-R |
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The personnel involved in the project:
Collection Data
| Collection Name | MUTPL Reptile Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | 98446879-1ad8-42e6-8d91-c694deec57ac |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Not applicable |
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae_test/resource?r=mutpl-r |
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