MCZ Herpetology A-20008

Boulengerula taitana Loveridge, 1935

Paratype of Boulengerula taitanus

Date Collected:

1934-04-14/1934-04-22

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-20008 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Boulengerula taitana Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae
Determiner: Stevie Kennedy-GoldORCID iD icon on 2024-02-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Scolecomorphus taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Scolecomorphidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Loveridge/1935
Afrocaecilia taitanus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Loveridge/1935
Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Loveridge/1935; Identification Made Date: 1935
Boulengerula taitanus Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Gymnophiona Herpelidae
Determiner: in 1935
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Loveridge 1935, page 16, Paratype 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;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1

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

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2

  • muse location number: ZA20001

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

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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
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1934-04-14 / 1934-04-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 14/4/1934-22/4/1934
  • 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;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:A-20001 Afrocaecilia taitana Holotype...

Media type: text; Herpetology A-16301 documents cataloged_item A-16302 documents cataloged_item A-16303 documents cataloged_item A-16304 documents cataloged_item A-20001 documents cataloged_item A-20002 documents cataloged_item A-20003 documents cataloged_item A-20004 documents cataloged_item A-20005 documents cataloged_item A-20006 documents cataloged_item A-20007 documents cataloged_item A-20008 documents cataloged_item A-20009 documents cataloged_item A-20010 documents cataloged_item A-20011 documents cataloged_item A-20012 documents cataloged_item A-20013 documents cataloged_item A-20014 documents cataloged_item A-20015 documents cataloged_item A-20016 documents cataloged_item A-20017 documents cataloged_item A-20018 documents cataloged_item A-20019 documents cataloged_item A-20020 documents cataloged_item A-20021 documents cataloged_item A-20022 documents cataloged_item A-20023 documents cataloged_item A-17691 documents cataloged_item A-15015 documents cataloged_item A-24180 documents cataloged_item A-24181 documents cataloged_item A-22331 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 34;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Documents Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:A-16301 Afrocaecilia changamwensis Holotype Docu...

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