MCZ Herpetology R-182856

Chelonoidis denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2000-05-09

South America: Brazil: Amazonas | Rio Negro?

Current Identification
Chelonoidis denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Yellow-footed tortoise
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Geochelone denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): South American Yellow-footed Tortoise
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/2000

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  • muse location number: ZR182856
  • previous number: MCZ-R-3777

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: Includes scutes, skull, beak, mandible, pectoral girdles, fragments of pelvic girdles, two femurs, two humeruses, assorted foot bones, two fibulas, two tibias, two ulnas. 20JUL2016 CFalvey; disarticulated, partial beak, seperate parts of hyoid; includes beak; latest inventory completed by Lilian Smolen and Katrina Pallais, 2024

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  • PREV.#: Dupl. of MCZ-R-3777.

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Amazonas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001826 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio Negro?
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Rio Negro? Brazil.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • LOC.: Data in catalogue not clear, label with specimen says 'Rio Negro', cards say just 'Brazil' 8.v.2000/LAT.
  • Georeference:
  • -0.9666700°, -62.950000° (Error radius: 497.615km) By: CAS (MCZ) on 2004-03-09 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 495000 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2000-05-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-182851;  R-182852;  R-182853;  R-182854;  R-182855;  R-182856;  R-182857;  R-182858;  R-182859;  R-182860;  R-182861;  R-182862;  R-182863;  R-182864;  R-182865;  R-182866;  R-182867;  R-182868;  R-182869;  R-182870;  R-182871;  R-182872;  R-182873;  R-182874;  R-182875 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 182351-182930, pg.21;

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