[NHCOLL-L:571] Herp collection arrangement

[J. Tomasz Giermakowski]

Dear all,

As our division prepares for a move, we have decided to upgrade our much
out of date arrangement of specimens. Since the last arrangement, families
have been created and lumped. We are having a debate on whether to arrange
the families in alphabetical order or follow some kind of phylogenetic
order established for each order (e.g. Ford and Cannatella 1993 for
frogs). I was wandering how herp collections are arranged at different
museums. As far as I know, there is no stadarization of arrangement such
as that for fishes. I thank you kindly for all the input.

Tom Giermakowski
Curatorial Assistant
MSB - Division of Amphibians and Reptiles

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J. Tom Giermakowski 		     		
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The University of New Mexico		email: tomas at unm.edu
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