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  • Herpetology A-597 MCZ Herpetology
  • Anaxyrus americanus americanus
  • whole animal (ethanol)
  • Cambridge
  • North America: United States: Massachusetts: Middlesex
  • [no verbatim date data] (1840-08-23 - 1878-03-18)
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Identifications
Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae Anaxyrus americanus americanus
Eastern American toad
Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: SICA: Bufo americanus americanus
Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae Anaxyrus americanus americanus
Eastern American toad
Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Filed under B. americanus americanus
Bufo americanus americanus Holbrook, 1836
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae Bufo americanus americanus
Eastern American Toad
Identified by Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996
Bufo lentiginosus americanus
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Bufonoidea Bufonidae Bufo lentiginosus americanus
Identified by Holbr.
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Holbr.
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Massachusetts
County: Middlesex
Specific Locality: Cambridge
Verbatim Locality: Cambridge, Mass.
Collecting Source: wild caught
Coordinates: 42.37809372° -71.11649323° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 2.56 mi
MRP (MCZ); 2005-01-13; Source: Maptech.com
Coordinate Remarks: Used coordinates for Harvard University (Harvard Yard) aprox. midpoint of Cambridge. Extent estimated 2.559 mi radius, measured Cambridge town boundary. (Calculated Error - Named place only)
Collecting Date: [no verbatim date data] (1840-08-23 - 1878-03-18)
Collecting Event Remarks: New begin and end date from DOB and DOD.
Collectors
Charles F. Hartt
Identifiers
muse location number: ZA597
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked unknown 1
Remarks: OCE 1874 by Garman; originally 40 specimens, 3 specimens left 18.vii.79, 2 recatalogued as A-98546-47
Media
 
Media of type text, Herpetology A-576;A-577;A-578;A-579;A-580;A-581;A-582;A-583;A-584;A-585;A-586;A-587;A-588;A-589;A-590;A-591;A-592;A-593;A-594;A-595;A-596;A-597;A-598;A-599;A-600. Description:MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 000001-003000, pg.24

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Media Details
MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 000001-003000, pg.24

 
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