Holotype of Chamaeleo dilepis idjwiensis

Date Collected:

1939-02-24/1939-02-28

Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu/South Kivu | Upper Mulinga R., Idjwi Id.

Media type: image; Herpetology R-47155

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Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Chamaeleonidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Loveridge/1942; Identification Made Date: 1942

Media type: text; Loveridge 1942 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCI no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Loveridge 1942 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCI no. 4

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: ZR47155

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 2021-11-05
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-05   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-11-05

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • State/Province:
  • North Kivu/South Kivu
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • Specific Locality:
  • Upper Mulinga R., Idjwi Id.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Upper Mulinga,Idjwi Id.,l Kivu,BC
  • Georeference:
  • -2.1333333°, 29.0500000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Arthur Loveridge on 1944-07-31 (Source: Loveridge, Arthur, 1944, Bull. MCZ 94(5):189-294)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1939-02-24 / 1939-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 24/2/1939-28/2/1939
  • Collector:
  • H. J. Bredo

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-47151;  R-47152;  R-47153;  R-47154;  R-47155;  R-47156;  R-47157;  R-47158;  R-47159;  R-47160;  R-47161;  R-47162;  R-47163;  R-47164;  R-47165;  R-47166;  R-47167;  R-47168;  R-47169;  R-47170;  R-47171;  R-47172;  R-47173;  R-47174;  R-47175;  R-47176;  R-47177;  R-47178;  R-47179;  R-47180;  R-47181;  R-47182;  R-47183;  R-47184;  R-47185;  R-47186;  R-47187;  R-47188;  R-47189;  R-47190;  R-47191;  R-47192;  R-47193;  R-47194;  R-47195;  R-47196;  R-47197;  R-47198;  R-47199;  R-47200 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 044001-056050, pg.64;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-47151 Chamaeleo senegalensis senegal...

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