MCZ Herpetology A-16383

Bufo taitanus Peters, 1878

Holotype of Bufo taitanus uzunguensus

Date Collected:

1930-01-23

Africa: Tanzania: Iringa | Kigogo, Uzungive Mtns.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-16383 JSON-LD

Media type: 3D model; Herpetology A-16383

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:A-16383 Bufo taitanus Holotype

Current Identification
Bufo taitanus Peters, 1878
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996
Previous Identification
Bufo taitanus uzunguensus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ALoveridge/1932

  • muse location number: ZA16382

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 2021-09-23
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-23
associated grant oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D By: Matt Gage 2022-01-21

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  • OCE by ALoveridge; TYPE: CURR ID Bufo uzunguensis; ALoveridge 1932 Occ Papers Boston Soc Nat Hist, 8, p 44

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Iringa
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001685 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kigogo, Uzungive Mtns.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kigogo, Uzungive Mtns., Tang. Territory.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • REC'D: 1929-1930.
  • Georeference:
  • -8.6500000°, 35.2166670° (Error radius: 5.616mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-04-11 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 6437.376 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1930-01-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 23/1/1930-23/1/1930
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology A-16376; A-16377; A-16378; A-16379; A-16380; A-16381; A-16382; A-16383; A-16384; A-16385; A-16386; A-16387; A-16388; A-16389; A-16390; A-16391; A-16392; A-16393; A-16394; A-16395; A-16396; A-16397; A-16398; A-16399; A-16400 Description: MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 014001-020000, pg.96;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:A-16376 Bufo urunguensis Holotype to ...

Media type: text; Herpetology A-16380 documents cataloged_item A-16382 documents cataloged_item A-16383 documents cataloged_item A-16384 documents cataloged_item A-16385 documents cataloged_item A-16386 documents cataloged_item A-19576 documents cataloged_item A-16376 documents cataloged_item A-16377 documents cataloged_item A-16378 documents cataloged_item A-16379 documents cataloged_item A-10330 documents cataloged_item A-15402 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 37;

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