MCZ Herpetology A-26770

Ptychadena retropunctata (Angel, 1949)

Syntype of Rana retropunctata

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1996-04-18

Africa: Guinea | Mt. Nimba

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-26770 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Ptychadena retropunctata (Angel, 1949)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Determiner: systematic card
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Rana retropunctata
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Determiner: Fernand Angel
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: FAngel/1949

Angel 1949, page 509, Syntype of Rana retropunctata the original text says there are 2 syntypes from Ziela, which seems to be a research station on Mt. Nimba (MCZbase locality)
Media type: text; Angel 1949 Description: Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, series 2, volume 21;

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Shows Publication: Angel 1949 Description: Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, series 2, volume 21

  • muse location number: ZA26770

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 2021-08-27
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-08-27   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 2021-08-27

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  • CURRENT ID = Ptychadena retropunctata | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris"

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Guinea
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000167 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mt. Nimba
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mt. Nimba, Upper French Guinea.
  • Georeference:
  • 7.61670000°, -8.4167000° (Error radius: 3000m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2020-11-07 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1996-04-18
  • 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:
  • Maxime G. Lamotte

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Media type: text; Herpetology A-26751; A-26752; A-26753; A-26754; A-26755; A-26756; A-26757; A-26758; A-26759; A-26760; A-26761; A-26762; A-26763; A-26764; A-26765; A-26766; A-26767; A-26768; A-26769; A-26770; A-26771; A-26772; A-26773; A-26774; A-26775; A-26776; A-26777; A-26778; A-26779; A-26780; A-26781; A-26782; A-26783; A-26784; A-26785; A-26786; A-26787; A-26788; A-26789; A-26790; A-26791; A-26792; A-26793; A-26794; A-26795; A-26796; A-26797; A-26798; A-26799; A-26800 Description: MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 020001-031650, pg.136;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:A-26751 Osteopilus dominicensis domini...

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