MCZ Herpetology R-20187

Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)

Date Collected:

1914-01-01/1925-03-16

Africa: Tanzania: Dodoma | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-20187 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): African Pancake Tortoise; Crevice tortoise; Pancake Tortoise; Softshell tortoise; Tornier's tortoise
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Previous Identification
Testudo loveridgii Boulenger, 1920
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR20187

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

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Dodoma
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001662 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:
  • Dodoma, Tang. Terr.
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1833330°, 35.7500000° (Error radius: 2.88mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-04-11 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 2027.77344 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1914-01-01 / 1925-03-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin date from when Loveridge applied and became the curator of the Nairobi Museum in 1914. New end date from date received.
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-20176; R-20177; R-20178; R-20179; R-20180; R-20181; R-20182; R-20183; R-20184; R-20185; R-20186; R-20187; R-20188; R-20189; R-20190; R-20191; R-20192; R-20193; R-20194; R-20195; R-20196; R-20197; R-20198; R-20199; R-20200 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.8;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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