MCZ Herpetology R-39956

Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)

Syntype of Testudo loveridgii

Date Collected:

1918-12-08

Africa: Tanzania: Dodoma | Ugoro

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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 tornieri
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Boulenger 1920, page 263, Syntype of Testudo loveridgii Boulenger, 1920 text in french
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 202, Voucher of Testudo loveridgii Boulenger, 1920
Media type: text; Boulenger 1920 Description: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, vol. 170;

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Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2;

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  • muse location number: ZR39956

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-02-11   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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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:
  • Ugoro
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Dodoma, Ugoro, Tanganyika Terr.
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1166670°, 35.5000000° (Error radius: 2.42mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-04-11 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 1287.4752 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1918-12-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8/12/1918-8/12/1918
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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