MCZ Herpetology R-1880

Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1862-12-31

Africa | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-1880 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Radiated tortoise
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identifications
Geochelone radiata (Shaw, 1802)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Radiated Tortoise
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Testudo suleata
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • muse location number: ZR1880

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked unknown 1 History

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7001242 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Africa
  • Georeference:
  • 6.03220000°, 22.0390620° (Error radius: 4584596m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1862-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • No info on begin date. New end date from date when P. T. Barnum transferred the Aquarial Gardens' contents to Barnum's American Museum in New York.
  • Collector:
  • Aquarial Gardens

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-1876; R-1877; R-1878; R-1879; R-1880; R-1881; R-1882; R-1883; R-1884; R-1885; R-1886; R-1887; R-1888; R-1889; R-1890; R-1891; R-1892; R-1893; R-1894; R-1895; R-1896; R-1897; R-1898; R-1899; R-1900 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.76;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-1876 Graptemys pseudogeographica pse...

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