MCZ Herpetology R-13600

Letheobia caeca (Duméril, 1856)

Paratype of Typhlops avakubae

Date Collected:

1914-01-01/1914-01-31

Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele | Medje

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-13600 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Letheobia caeca (Duméril, 1856)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Gabon Beaked Snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-22
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Rhinotyphlops caecus (Duméril, 1856)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: A. Dumerillinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: ADumeril/
Typhlops avakubae
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Schmidt
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Schmidt/1923; Identification Made Date: 1923

Schmidt 1923, page 51, Paratype of Typhlops avakubae Paratype of Typhlops avakubae Schmidt 1923; Bull Amer Mus Nat Hist 49, 1923, p 51, fig 1

  • muse location number: ZR13600
  • previous number: AMNH R-11675

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

  • None

  • None

  • original ledger entry notes "Exch. A.M.N.H."

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • State/Province:
  • Haut-Uele
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/8712414 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Medje
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Belgian Congo Medje
  • Georeference:
  • 2.39248400°, 27.3006870° (Error radius: 2539m) By: José Rosado on 2020-04-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1914-01-01 / 1914-01-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/1/1914-0/1/1914
  • Collector:
  • Lang-Chapin Expedition 1909-1915

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-13576; R-13577; R-13578; R-13579; R-13580; R-13581; R-13582; R-13583; R-13584; R-13585; R-13586; R-13587; R-13588; R-13589; R-13590; R-13591; R-13592; R-13593; R-13594; R-13595; R-13596; R-13597; R-13598; R-13599; R-13600 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 008001-014025, pg.224;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-13576 Lygodactylus picturatus to MCZ...

Media type: text; Herpetology R-22666 documents cataloged_item R-9410 documents cataloged_item R-9411 documents cataloged_item R-9881 documents cataloged_item R-9882 documents cataloged_item R-9421 documents cataloged_item R-9422 documents cataloged_item R-9423 documents cataloged_item R-9424 documents cataloged_item R-21885 documents cataloged_item R-13600 documents cataloged_item R-22372 documents cataloged_item R-14270 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 160;

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