MCZ Herpetology R-26939

Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837)

Date Collected:

1881-01-01/1881-12-31

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: East New Britain Province | Tusel, Duke of York Island

Current Identification
Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Common Name(s): Bismarck Ringed Python
Determiner: Matt GageORCID iD icon on 2024-11-04
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Liasis boa (Schlegel, 1837)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR26939

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull and jaw (dry) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: disarticulated ; skull + jaw - River Pfaff, 2024-24-09
vertebrae (dry) good in collection 8 History
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked unknown 1 History

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  • | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Vienna Mus."

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • State/Province:
  • East New Britain Province
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tusel, Duke of York Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tusel,Duke of York Id
  • Georeference:
  • -4.1670000°, 152.467000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)[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:
  • 1881-01-01 / 1881-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1881-1881
  • Collector:
  • Godeffroy

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-26926;  R-26927;  R-26928;  R-26929;  R-26930;  R-26931;  R-26932;  R-26933;  R-26934;  R-26935;  R-26936;  R-26937;  R-26938;  R-26939;  R-26940;  R-26941;  R-26942;  R-26943;  R-26944;  R-26945;  R-26946;  R-26947;  R-26948;  R-26949;  R-26950 Description: Herpetology Reptiles page 38;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-26926 Crotalus durissus durissus to ...

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