Herpetology A-12383: Xenopus muelleri

Dar es Salaam
Africa: Tanzania: Dar es Salaam
4/11/1926-4/11/1926 (1926-11-04)
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Identifications

Xenopus muelleri (Peters, 1844)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae Xenopus muelleri

Muller's platanna

Identified by Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996

Citations

Barbour and Loveridge 1928, Page 183, Paratype of Boulengerula uluguruensis

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MCZ Memoirs Vol. L No. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Africa
Country:	Tanzania
State/Province:	Dar es Salaam
Specific Locality:	Dar es Salaam
Verbatim Locality:	Dare es Salaam, Tanganyika Territ.
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-6.8° 39.2833333° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 6.599 mi
	R. Askevold; 2003-07-09; Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; 1:250000 Shell Map of Tanzania, 1973.
	Coordinate Remarks: Latitude/longitude is NIMA point for Dar es Salaam; extent of 4.98 miles is radius from NIMA point to furthest shaded urban extent; it's assumed the locality mentioned is within this area.
Collecting Date:	4/11/1926-4/11/1926 (1926-11-04)

Collectors

Arthur Loveridge

Identifiers

muse location number: ZA12383

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (ethanol)	unchecked	in collection	1

Remarks: OCE by ALoveridge

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MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 008001-014000, pg.175

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