MCZ Herpetology A-2602

Rhacophorus japonicus

Syntype of Ixalus japonicus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1996-10-28

Asia: Japan: Kagoshima Prefecture: Ryukyu Archipelago | Amami-o-shiura [sp?], Riu Kiu Is

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-2602 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Rhacophorus japonicus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Rhacophoridae
Determiner: systematic card on 2023-01-23
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Polypedates japonicus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Rhacophoridae
Determiner: Edward Hallowell
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Hallowell

Hallowell 1860, page 501, Syntype of Ixalus japonicus Hallowell, 1861 types not specified in text but noted as cotype in OCE, Barbour and Loveridge (1929), and ASW
Barbour and Loveridge 1929, page 284, Voucher of Polypedates japonicus
Media type: text; Hallowell 1860 Description: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 12;

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Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10;

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10

  • muse location number: ZA2602

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 (3)

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

  • None

  • OCE i.10 by TBarbour

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Japan
  • State/Province:
  • Kagoshima Prefecture
  • Island Group:
  • Ryukyu Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Amami-o-shiura [sp?], Riu Kiu Is
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mamai-o-shiura, Riu Kiu Is.
  • Georeference:
  • 28.2667000°, 129.350000° (Error radius: 64.615km) By: CSD (MCZ) on 2005-12-06 (Source: Fuzzy Gazetteer http://tomcat-dmaweb1.jrc.it/fuzzyg/query/)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1996-10-28
  • 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:
  • U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology A-2601; A-2602; A-2603; A-2604; A-2605; A-2606; A-2607; A-2608; A-2609; A-2610; A-2611; A-2612; A-2613; A-2614; A-2615; A-2616; A-2617; A-2618; A-2619; A-2620; A-2621; A-2622; A-2623; A-2624; A-2625 Description: MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 000001-003000, pg.105;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:A-2601 Rhacophorus schlegelii to MCZ:H...

Media type: text; Herpetology R-3971 documents cataloged_item A-10750 documents cataloged_item R-26301 documents cataloged_item A-2602 documents cataloged_item A-2442 documents cataloged_item R-12469 documents cataloged_item R-12470 documents cataloged_item R-12471 documents cataloged_item R-12472 documents cataloged_item R-12473 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 88;

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