MCZ Herpetology A-19268

Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)

Syntype of Rana cryptotis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1996-09-23

Africa: Angola: Namibe | Mossamedes, Ponang Kuma

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Current Identification
Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Common Name(s): Common sand frog
Determiner: systematic card on 2013-03-06
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Determiner: Boulenger
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Boulenger/1907

Boulenger 1907, page 109, Syntype of Rana cryptotis types not specified in text; however, collector and locality match
Media type: text; Boulenger 1907 Description: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, series 7, volume 20;

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Shows Publication: Boulenger 1907 Description: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, series 7, volume 20

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

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  • muse location number: ZA19268

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-10
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-02   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-10

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  • OCE ALoveridge; TYPE: CURR ID = Tomopterna cryptotis; Ann Mag Nat Hist (7), 20, p 109

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Angola
  • State/Province:
  • Namibe
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000392 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mossamedes, Ponang Kuma
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Angola:Mossamedes;Ponang Kuma
  • Georeference:
  • -15.196000°, 12.1520000° (Error radius: 6.044km) By: CSD (MCZ) on 2006-02-13 (Source: www.fallingrain.com Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 6000 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1996-09-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • W. J. Ansorge

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology A-17715 documents cataloged_item A-20794 documents cataloged_item A-16251 documents cataloged_item A-19268 documents cataloged_item A-15360 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 134;

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