MCZ Herpetology R-199501

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

Date Collected:

1981-07-19/1981-08-05

North America: United States: California: Humboldt | 0.8 mi. NW junction Ettersburg- Honeydew Road and Shelter Cove Road, then ~1 mi. W Ettersburg-Honeydew Road

Current Identification
Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Anguidae
Common Name(s): Lagarto-escorpión del Sur; Southern Alligator Lizard
Determiner: James R. Stewart on 1981-06-16
Nature of ID: field ID
Remarks: identification made date noted as date the female (mother) was collected and identified

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  • collector number: JRS 2024

Part Condition Disposition Count
histological serial section (histological slide) unknown in collection 0 History
Remarks: [This part row to be replaced by a number of rows equal to the final part count, each with its own container barcode, once barcodes have been attached and slides transferred to permanent storage. -- SKG]
section fixation = formol, dioxane, and picric acid  
section plane = longitudinal  
section stain = Hematoxylin and eosin  
section thickness = 7   µm  
stage description = 34  

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  • The following data pertains to the egg used to make the histology slides: egg number = 1; embryonic stage = 34; egg position (oviduct) = 7. The total number of histology slides made from this egg = 146. Eggs were processed according to the procedures outlined in "Griffiths, I., Carter, M. E. (1958) Sectioning refractory animal tissues. Stain Technology, 33, 209-214." Publications and figures referencing the slides include Stewart, 1985; Fig 18.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • County:
  • Humboldt
  • Specific Locality:
  • 0.8 mi. NW junction Ettersburg- Honeydew Road and Shelter Cove Road, then ~1 mi. W Ettersburg-Honeydew Road
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Calif.: Humboldt Co., 0.8 mi. NW jct. Ettersburg- Honeydew Rd. and Shelter Cove Rd., then ~1 mi. W. Ettersburg-Honeydew Rd.
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1981-07-19 / 1981-08-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • see collecting event remarks
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • mother collection date = 1981-06-16; oviposition date = 1981-07-19; egg fixation date = 1981-08-05
  • Collector:
  • James R. Stewart

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