First World Congress of Herpetology : 11-19 September 1989, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom : abstracts / compiled at the Open University by Tim Halliday, John Baker and Lottie Hosie
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Herpetology : current research on the biology of amphibians and reptiles : proceedings of the First World Congress of Herpetology / edited by Kraig Adler ; with a foreword by H.R.H. Prince Philip
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4.69 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Picture postcards
Electronic records
Compact discs
Illustrations
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Color transparencies
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1949-2011
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of papers documenting the career of W. Ronald Heyer, curator in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History.
Heyer's research focuses on the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. There is also a small amount of materials created by James Arthur Peters,
also a curator in this division. In addition, there are records relating to Heyer's work with the World Congress of Herpetology and the IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations
Task Force. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and postcards; meeting notes; divisional materials; data; illustrations; manuscript materials; and photographs, slides,
and negatives. Some materials are in electronic format.
