MCZ Herpetology R-15888

Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)

Date Collected:

1921-01-01/1921-01-31

Africa: Tanzania: Dodoma | East Africa

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-15888 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: ZR15888

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:
  • East Africa
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • East Africa: Tanganyika Territory; near Dodoma
  • 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:
  • 1921-01-01 / 1921-01-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/1/1921-0/1/1921
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-15876; R-15877; R-15878; R-15879; R-15880; R-15881; R-15882; R-15883; R-15884; R-15885; R-15886; R-15887; R-15888; R-15889; R-15890; R-15891; R-15892; R-15893; R-15894; R-15895; R-15896; R-15897; R-15898; R-15899; R-15900 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.75;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-15876 Sauromalus hispidus to MCZ:Her...

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