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Department of Herpetology

Louis Agassiz founded the Department of Herpetology in 1859. The research collection is worldwide in scope and houses approximately 325,000 specimens preserved in alcohol, including approximately 3,000 primary holotypes. The collection also contains more than 7,000 skeletons, 20,000 chromosome slide preparation and other histological materials. The department library holds a large and important collection of herpetological books, journal articles(reprints), and periodicals. Affiliation: Museum of Comparative Zoology
Web site: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Herpetology/

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Lizards shed light on species diversity (Harvard University Gazette, October 2, 2007)
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