MCZ Herpetology R-40174

Acontias percivali

Holotype of Acontias percivali

Date Collected:

1934-04

Africa: Kenya: Taita-Taveta | Foot of Mt. Mbololo, Voi

Media type: image;   Herpetology R-40174 Aspect: dorsal

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Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ALoveridge/

Media type: text; Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1

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

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2

  • muse location number: ZR40174

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=2021-12-10   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (4)

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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  • MISC: 1 C/S specimen found - possibly a Paratype also of this series. Would be a duplicate Paratype (need paper by Loveridge). Specimen recatalogued as MCZ-R-178093 with temporarily no data; CURRENT ID = Acontias percivali percivali

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Taita-Taveta
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593795 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Foot of Mt. Mbololo, Voi
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Foot of Mt. Mbololo, Voi, Kenya
  • Georeference:
  • -3.3833333°, 38.5666666° (Error radius: 2.244mi) By: R. Askevold on 2003-08-05 (Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; Macmillian's Kenya Traveller's Map, 3rd ed, 1993, 1:1,750,000; and Survey of Kenya, SK 57 Kenya 1:1,000,000 (special), south sheet, first edition, 1971.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1934-04-01 / 1934-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/4/1934-0/4/1934
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-40151;  R-40152;  R-40153;  R-40154;  R-40155;  R-40156;  R-40157;  R-40158;  R-40159;  R-40160;  R-40161;  R-40162;  R-40163;  R-40164;  R-40165;  R-40166;  R-40167;  R-40168;  R-40169;  R-40170;  R-40171;  R-40172;  R-40173;  R-40174;  R-40175;  R-40176;  R-40177;  R-40178;  R-40179;  R-40180;  R-40181;  R-40182;  R-40183;  R-40184;  R-40185;  R-40186;  R-40187;  R-40188;  R-40189;  R-40190;  R-40191;  R-40192;  R-40193;  R-40194;  R-40195;  R-40196;  R-40197;  R-40198;  R-40199;  R-40200 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.164;

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