CORBIDI is a NGO which was formed by a group of high experienced professionals. It is focused in the promotion of conservation and science, goals that are achieved through the execution of scientific research projects, and the diffusion of knowledge.

It holds three main scientific collections: Birds, Amphibians and Reptiles, and Mammals which are assigned to their respective divisions.

Herpetological Collection of CORBIDI

This collection comprises specimen vouchers and tissue samples of most of the peruvian herpetofauna species: 436 species of amphibians and 337 species of reptiles, which comprises 74% of the amphibian and 69% of the reptile diversity, this according to the current diversity recorded for Peru. This is expresed in the more than 18,000 voucher specimens we store, and the more than 6,200 tissue samples, numbers that are growing constantly.

Collection Size

18000 preserved specimens, 6200 tissue samples

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