MCZ Herpetology R-16700

Boa constrictor amarali (Stull, 1932)

Holotype of Constrictor constrictor amarali

Date Collected:

1894-01-01/1922-10-10

South America: Brazil: Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo

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Current Identification
Boa constrictor amarali (Stull, 1932)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-07-26
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Constrictor constrictor amarali
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Olive Griffith Stull
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Stull/1932; Identification Made Date: 1932
Constrictor constrictor
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Stull 1932, page 27, Holotype of Constrictor constrictor amarali CURR ID = Boa constrictor amarali; Stull, 1932, Occ Pap Boston Soc Nat Hist 8:27

  • muse location number: ZR16674

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-23
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% 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 2021-09-23

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Sao Paulo
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001945 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sao Paulo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Brazil,Sao Paulo
  • Georeference:
  • -23.533330°, -46.616670° (Error radius: 7.615km) By: CAS (MCZ) on 2003-12-11 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 5000 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1894-01-01 / 1922-10-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin date from collector's year of birth, new end date from date received.
  • Collector:
  • Afranio do Amaral

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-902 documents cataloged_item R-31867 documents cataloged_item R-46508 documents cataloged_item R-46509 documents cataloged_item R-22065 documents cataloged_item R-46510 documents cataloged_item R-16700 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 47;

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