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University of Michigan slithers toward history with acquisition of snake specimens

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The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology recently acquired tens of thousands of reptile and amphibian specimens, including many snakes

Greg Schneider, research museum collections manager for the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's division of reptiles and amphibians, points to the label on a jar containing snake specimens Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. They are part of a donation from Oregon State University that could make Michigan's collection of snake specimens the largest held by any research institution in the U.S.

Numerous studies have been conducted in recent years about declining amphibian and reptile populations, Schneider said, noting they “are very good biological indicators of the health of the“Amphibians, unlike people, breathe at least partly through their skin, which is constantly exposed to everything in their environment,” he said, adding that “the worldwide occurrences of amphibian declines and deformities could be an early warning that some of our ecosystems, even seemingly pristine ones,...

The "largest snake collection" title would be nice, but Schneider said the true promise of a big collection is new research opportunities.

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