MCZ Herpetology R-144392

Lepidodactylus pulcher

Syntype of Lepidodactylus pulcher

Date Collected:

1872-01-01/1876-12-31

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea | Wild Island

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Current Identification
Lepidodactylus pulcher
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: Boulenger
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Boulenger/1885; Identification Made Date: 1885

Boulenger 1885, page 166, Syntype of Lepidodactylus pulcher OCE by PGH

  • muse location number: ZR144392
  • previous number: BM 1946.9.8.50

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver/muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-11-12
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-10   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 2021-11-12

  • None

  • OCE by PGH | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. British Museum"

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Island:
  • New Guinea
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Wild Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Admiralty Islands, Wild Island
  • Georeference:
  • -1.9315330°, 146.730400° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin and end date from the dates of the Challenger Expedition.
  • Collector:
  • HMS Challenger Expedition 1873-1876

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-144351; R-144352; R-144353; R-144354; R-144355; R-144356; R-144357; R-144358; R-144359; R-144360; R-144361; R-144362; R-144363; R-144364; R-144365; R-144366; R-144367; R-144368; R-144369; R-144370; R-144371; R-144372; R-144373; R-144374; R-144375; R-144376; R-144377; R-144378; R-144379; R-144380; R-144381; R-144382; R-144383; R-144384; R-144385; R-144386; R-144387; R-144388; R-144389; R-144390; R-144391; R-144392; R-144393; R-144394; R-144395; R-144396; R-144397; R-144398; R-144399; R-144400 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 143001-152950, pg.28;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-144351 Diadophis punctatus edwardsii...

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