MCZ Herpetology R-19975

Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779)

Date Collected:

1921-01-01/1921-12-31

Africa: Nigeria | Emir Katsina

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-19975 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): African Spurred Tortoise
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-07-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Geochelone sulcata (Miller, 1779)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): african spurred tortoise
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Testudo calcarata
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR19975

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: limbs covered with dry skin, skull and jaw prepared

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female By: systematic card 2022-10-19

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  • housed in OCC5

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Nigeria
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000182 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Emir Katsina
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • West Africa,Emir Katsina
  • Georeference:
  • 12.9894280°, 7.60062800° (Error radius: 301m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2019-10-24 (Source: GEOLocate)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1921-01-01 / 1921-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1921-1921
  • Collector:
  • Zoological Society of London

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-19951; R-19952; R-19953; R-19954; R-19955; R-19956; R-19957; R-19958; R-19959; R-19960; R-19961; R-19962; R-19963; R-19964; R-19965; R-19966; R-19967; R-19968; R-19969; R-19970; R-19971; R-19972; R-19973; R-19974; R-19975 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.236;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-19951 Lampropeltis triangulum polyzo...

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