MCZ Herpetology R-16711

Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)

Date Collected:

1921-01-01/1921-12-31

Africa: Tanzania: Dodoma | Tanganyika Territory

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-16711 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: José Rosado
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Testudo loveridgei
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • collector number: 4
  • muse location number: ZR16710

Part Condition Disposition Count
carapace and plastron (dry) fair in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: Also includes scutes, one humerus, two femurs, sections of pelvic girdle, mandible. Skull is missing. 12JUL2016 CFalvey

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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:
  • Tanganyika Territory
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Africa,Tanganyika Territory 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 / 1921-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1921-1921
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-16701; R-16702; R-16703; R-16704; R-16705; R-16706; R-16707; R-16708; R-16709; R-16710; R-16711; R-16712; R-16713; R-16714; R-16715; R-16716; R-16717; R-16718; R-16719; R-16720; R-16721; R-16722; R-16723; R-16724; R-16725 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.108;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-16701 Xenodon merremi to MCZ:Herp:R-...

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