RMBR Zoological Specimen Databases - HerpNet.org.
Herpnet-GBIF
@ Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research,
National University of Singapore, 2006
Database Manager: N. Sivasothi a.k.a. Otterman, Research Officer/Instructor
Resource Taxonomist: Kelvin Lim, Curator, Herptiles.
News and photos
- Meeting Carol Spencer (UCB, 8th Sept 2005) and Michelle Koo (CAS, 9th Sept 2006). San Francisco, California, 7th-10th Sep 2005 (Flickr set).
- "Herpnet-ing the Raffles Museum's specimen database." Otterman speaks..., 08 May 2006
- "Raffles Museum in UC Berkeley consortium awarded GBIF grant to biogeoreference Herptile database." Raffles Museum News, 19 May 2006.
- "HerpNET-GBIF Workshop, 15-19 May 2006." Raffles Museum News, 19 May 2006.
- "Museum databases in the global village." Raffles Museum News, 22 Nov 2006.
Records
As of 12 Jul 2006: Amphibian (11, 696 records); Reptiles (6,203 records).
Phase I: 26 Jun 2006 - 04 Aug 2006
Wong Yueat Tin (graduate), Grace Baey (undergraduate).
I. Bird MUSE, Jul 2006 (Grace Baey)
- Extracted MUSE from AST computer.
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Consolidated extracted BirdMUSE existing BirdMUSE records ported to Word in 2000.
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Final data is known as Bird MUSE 2006.
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Filename = BIRD_MUSE-final-20jul2006[GraceBaey].xls
II. Map catalogue, Aug 2006 (Grace Baey & Wong Yueat Tin)
- Centralisation of RMBR maps (not including personal maps).
- Main map types: topographic, road maps, admiralty charts
- Fields listed in catalogue:
- Sheet Title
- Format
- Edition
- Series
- Sheet Number
- Scale
- Projection
- Dimension (in cm)
- Author/Publisher
- Place of Publication.
- Final data known as Map Catalogue -- Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research.
- Available on the net: RMBR_map_catalogue-04aug2006.xls
III. Updating Reptile and Amphibian databases (Wong Yueat Tin & Grace Baey)- Data Entry from Reptile and Amphibian catalogue books between last entry, 2002 to Jul 2006, into MS-Excel format.
- Last catalogue number entered:
- Amphibian database - ZRC.1.11692
- Reptile database - ZRC.2.6203
- Filenames:
- 20060712-RMBR_Amphibian_Database-data_verified.xls
- 20060712-RMBR_Reptile_Database-data_verified.xls
IV. Georeferencing for Herpnet (Wong Yueat Tin & Grace Baey)- Sorting the Amphibian and Reptile databases by country and Malaysia states.
- 13 Filenames:
- Brunei_sorted180706
- China_sorted180607
- ChristmasIsland_sorted190706
- India_sorted190607
- Indonesia_sorted180706
- Laos_sorted190607
- malaysia_sortedbystates180706
- Philippines_sorted190706
- Singapore_sorted180706
- Taiwan_sorted180706
- Thailand_sorted180706
- Vietnam_sorted180706
- Sortedbycountry19-7-06
- ---> Georeferencing begins in accordance with Herpnet guidelines.
- Initial tools used: Google Earth, maps (RMBR and online), brochures of national parks, online gazetteers and Herpnet Error Calculator.
- Localities being georeferenced so far:
- Christmas Island (complete)
- Sarawak Malaysia (incomplete)
- Singapore (incomplete)
Phase II: 21 Nov 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Nanthinee Jeevanandam (graduate, from 21 Nov 2006) and 1 undergraduate (November Tan Peng Ting, 05 Dec 2006).
I. Georeferencing
- Singapore (continue)
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Filename = .xls
- Malaysia (to begin)
Herpnet report submitted to Carol Spencer - 29 Sep 2007.
Phase III: 2008
To hire and train new georeferencers to complete the database.