MCZ Herpetology A-16301

Afrocaecilia changamwensis (Loveridge, 1932)

Holotype of Boulengerula changamwensis

Date Collected:

1929-10-31

Africa: Kenya: Mombasa | Changamwe, near Mombasa

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Collection: Herpetology
Catalog Number: A-16301
GUID: MCZ:Herp:A-16301

Current Identification

Afrocaecilia changamwensis (Loveridge, 1932)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae

Determiner: José Rosado

Nature of ID: expert ID

Previous Identifications

Boulengerula changamwensis Loveridge, 1932

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae

Determiner: Arthur Loveridge

Nature of ID: type ID

Remarks: Catalog/1996; Identification Made Date: 1932

Afrocaecilia changamwensis (Loveridge, 1932)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

Nature of ID: migration

Boulengerula changamwensis Loveridge, 1932

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae

Determiner: systematic card in 1932

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Loveridge 1932, page 381, Holotype of Boulengerula changamwensis Loveridge, 1932

Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 81, Voucher of Boulengerula changamwensis Loveridge, 1932

Media type: text; Loveridge 1932 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXII no. 10;

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Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2;

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muse location number: ZA16301

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-23
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Rina Morisawa	2021-09-23

None

OCE by ALoveridge.

None

Continent:
Africa
Country:
Kenya
State/Province:
Mombasa
dwc:highergeographyID:
http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593784

Specimens with same Higher Geography

Specimens from the same Locality

Specimens from the same Collecting Event

Specific Locality:
Changamwe, near Mombasa
Verbatim Locality:
Changamwe, nr. Mombasa, Kenya Colony.
Georeference:
-4.0166670°, 39.6333330° (Error radius: 2.223mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-01-21 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
Datum:
WGS84
Radial of Feature:
965.6064 m
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Collected On:
1929-10-31
Verbatim Date:
31/10/1929-31/10/1929
Collector:
Arthur Loveridge