MCZ Herpetology R-21332

Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1925-08-13

Africa: South Africa: Eastern Cape | nr Grahamstown, S. Africa

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-21332 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): tent tortoise
Determiner: H. Bradley Shaffer on 2016-07-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Testudo tentoria
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR21332

Part Condition Disposition Count
vertebrae (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: caudal vertebra separate. 18JUL2016 CFalvey
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

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  • | Original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Albany Mus. Grahamstown"

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • South Africa
  • State/Province:
  • Eastern Cape
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7017583 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • nr Grahamstown, S. Africa
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • nr. Grahamstown, S. Africa
  • Georeference:
  • -33.300000°, 26.5330000° (Error radius: 11.2km) By: CSD (MCZ) on 2006-09-13 (Source: www.fallingrain.com)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 8800 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1925-08-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • n/a; directly from received date
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-21326; R-21327; R-21328; R-21329; R-21330; R-21331; R-21332; R-21333; R-21334; R-21335; R-21336; R-21337; R-21338; R-21339; R-21340; R-21341; R-21342; R-21343; R-21344; R-21345; R-21346; R-21347; R-21348; R-21349; R-21350 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.54;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-21326 Dipsina multimaculatus to MCZ:...

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