MCZ Herpetology R-17521

Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-11-21

Africa: South Africa: Northern Cape | Kimberley

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-17521 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Kalahari Tent Tortoise; Serrated Tent Tortoise
Determiner: H. Bradley Shaffer on 2016-07-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Testudo oculifera
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

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  • muse location number: ZR17521

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • South Africa
  • State/Province:
  • Northern Cape
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7017582 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kimberley
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • So Africa,Cape Colony,Kimberley
  • Georeference:
  • -28.733000°, 24.7670000° (Error radius: 3.4km) By: CSD (MCZ) on 2006-09-15 (Source: www.fallingrain.com)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 900 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1997-11-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-17501; R-17502; R-17503; R-17504; R-17505; R-17506; R-17507; R-17508; R-17509; R-17510; R-17511; R-17512; R-17513; R-17514; R-17515; R-17516; R-17517; R-17518; R-17519; R-17520; R-17521; R-17522; R-17523; R-17524; R-17525 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.140;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-17501 Sceloporus variabilis to MCZ:H...

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