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MCZ Herpetology A-20001

Afrocaecilia taitanus

Holotype of Boulengerula taitanus

Date Collected:

1934-04-14

Africa: Kenya: Taita-Taveta | Mt Mbololo, Taita Mtns, Kenya

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-20001 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Afrocaecilia taitanus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Caeciliaidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Loveridge, A./1935
Previous Identifications
Scolecomorphus taitanus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Scolecomorphidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Loveridge/1935
Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Caeciliaidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Loveridge/1935; Identification Made Date: 1935

Loveridge 1935, page 16, Holotype of Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 82, Voucher of Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Media type: text; Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1;

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

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  • muse location number: ZA20001

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) fair in collection 1 History (3)
whole animal (miscellaneous) 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

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Taita-Taveta
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593795 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mt Mbololo, Taita Mtns, Kenya
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mt. Mbololo, Taita Mtns., Kenya.
  • Georeference:
  • -3.2833333°, 38.4666666° (Error radius: 9.424mi) By: R. Askevold on 2003-08-26 (Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; Macmillian's Kenya Traveller's Map, 3rd ed, 1993, 1:1,750,000; and Survey of Kenya, SK 57 Kenya 1:1,000,000 (special), south sheet, first edition, 1971.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-04-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 14/4/1934-14/4/1934
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology A-20001; A-20002; A-20003; A-20004; A-20005; A-20006; A-20007; A-20008; A-20009; A-20010; A-20011; A-20012; A-20013; A-20014; A-20015; A-20016; A-20017; A-20018; A-20019; A-20020; A-20021; A-20022; A-20023; A-20024; A-20025; A-20026; A-20027; A-20028; A-20029; A-20030; A-20031; A-20032; A-20033; A-20034; A-20035; A-20036; A-20037; A-20038; A-20039; A-20040; A-20041; A-20042; A-20043; A-20044; A-20045; A-20046; A-20047; A-20048; A-20049; A-20050 Description: MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 020001-031650, pg.1;

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