Xenopus Amphibian Specimen Metadata with Museum and Field IDs

Information on Xenopus samples examined in a study, including museum and field identification numbers, species, sex, locality, and mitochondrial DNA sequencing status. The dataset was authored by Emmanuela U. Anele and last updated on May 19, 2026. It is a small dataset, 27.1 KB in size, shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Cross-referencing museum collections with field samples based on multiple ID fields
• Analyzing species and sex distribution across collection localities
• Identifying specimens available for mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis

Strengths

• Includes multiple specimen identifiers (Museum ID, Field ID, Other ID) for cross-referencing
• Contains key biological variables: Species, Sex, and Locality
• Explicitly flags which samples have mitochondrial DNA sequenced (MtDNA Seq)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small (27.1 KB), indicating a limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from museum and field records for a specific study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:38:22

Geography

Locality information is present but specific regions are not detailed in the metadata.