MCZ Herpetology R-21255

Amphiglossus poecilopus

Holotype of Scelotes poecilopus

Date Collected:

1911-08

Africa: Madagascar | Tamatave

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-21255 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-21255 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Amphiglossus poecilopus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Thomas Barbourlinked data icon; Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Barbour & Loveridge/1928
Previous Identifications
Amphiglossus melanura
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Sepsina melanura
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Scelotes poecilopus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Thomas Barbourlinked data icon; Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Barbour & Loveridge/1928; Identification Made Date: 1928

Barbour and Loveridge 1928, page 65, Holotype of Scelotes poecilopus current ID = Amphiglossus poecilopus

  • muse location number: ZR21255
  • previous number: 4264

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 2021-12-17
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-12-15   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-12-17

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000173 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tamatave
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tamatave, East Madagascar
  • Georeference:
  • -17.634170°, 48.8671100° (Error radius: 336km) By: Rija RAJAONSON (REBIOMA) on 2007-03-23 (Source: BD 500FTM Laborde Madagasikara)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 335740 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1911-08-01 / 1911-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/8/1911-0/8/1911
  • Collector:
  • Herschell-Chauvin

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-21251; R-21252; R-21253; R-21254; R-21255; R-21256; R-21257; R-21258; R-21259; R-21260; R-21261; R-21262; R-21263; R-21264; R-21265; R-21266; R-21267; R-21268; R-21269; R-21270; R-21271; R-21272; R-21273; R-21274; R-21275 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.51;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-21251 Phelsuma mutabile to MCZ:Herp:...

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