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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-19268

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Collection: Herpetology
Catalog Number: A-19268
GUID: MCZ:Herp:A-19268

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

Rana cryptotis

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

Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 182, Voucher of Rana cryptotis

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

Specimens with same Higher Geography

Specimens from the same Locality

Specimens from the same Collecting Event

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