MCZ Herpetology R-12361

Epictia albifrons (Wagler, 1824)

Date Collected:

1898-09-01/1900-01-01

South America: Bolivia: La Paz | Bolivia:Chulumani

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-12361 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Epictia albifrons (Wagler, 1824)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Leptotyphlopidae
Common Name(s): Guyana Blind Snake; Wagler's Blind Snake
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Leptotyphlops albifrons (Wagler, 1824)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Leptotyphlopidae
Determiner: Wagler
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Wagler/

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  • muse location number: ZR12361

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

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Bolivia
  • State/Province:
  • La Paz
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000662 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bolivia:Chulumani
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Bolivia:Chulumani
  • Georeference:
  • -16.400000°, -67.516666° (Error radius: 6.662km) By: JSP (MCZ) on 2005-07-07 (Source: www.fallingrain.com)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 6660 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1898-09-01 / 1900-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Commissioned William J. Gerhard, the assistant entomolgist at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, on an entomological collection trip around La Paz, Bolivia in 1898. Gerhard's trip lasted 60 weeks, roughly a year and 4 moths. New begin date based on the month Gerhard set sail from New York, new end date from the date he sailed plus 1 year and 5 months.
  • Collector:
  • Andrew G. Weeks Jr.

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-12351; R-12352; R-12353; R-12354; R-12355; R-12356; R-12357; R-12358; R-12359; R-12360; R-12361; R-12362; R-12363; R-12364; R-12365; R-12366; R-12367; R-12368; R-12369; R-12370; R-12371; R-12372; R-12373; R-12374; R-12375 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 008001-014025, pg.175;

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