MCZ Herpetology R-147336

Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon, 1979)

Holotype of Typhlops paucisquamus

Date Collected:

1821-01-01/1863-12-21

South America: Brazil: Pernambuco | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-147336 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Amerotyphlops paucisquamus (Dixon, 1979)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Pernambuco Worm Snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-15
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Typhlops paucisquamus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Dixon; Hendricks
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Dixon,Hendricks/1979; Identification Made Date: 1979

Dixon and Hendricks 1979, page 23, Holotype of Typhlops paucisquamus OCE by PGH; PREV#: Duplicate of MCZ-R-1444; TYPE: Dixon & Hendricks, 1979, Zoologische Verhan 173:23, Leiden

  • muse location number: ZR1443
  • previous number: MCZ-R-1444

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: heart/muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-10-29
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-21   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-10-29

  • None

  • OCE by PGH

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Pernambuco
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Georeference:
  • -8.0500000°, -34.900000° (Error radius: 5.115km) By: CAS (MCZ) on 2004-01-05 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 2500 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1821-01-01 / 1863-12-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin date from date proven alive (contracted by the Brazilian Museum in 1861) minus 40 year. New end date from date received.
  • Collector:
  • Louis J. Brunet

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-147301; R-147302; R-147303; R-147304; R-147305; R-147306; R-147307; R-147308; R-147309; R-147310; R-147311; R-147312; R-147313; R-147314; R-147315; R-147316; R-147317; R-147318; R-147319; R-147320; R-147321; R-147322; R-147323; R-147324; R-147325; R-147326; R-147327; R-147328; R-147329; R-147330; R-147331; R-147332; R-147333; R-147334; R-147335; R-147336; R-147337; R-147338; R-147339; R-147340; R-147341; R-147342; R-147343; R-147344; R-147345; R-147346; R-147347; R-147348; R-147349; R-147350 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 143001-152950, pg.87;

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