MCZ Herpetology R-176786

Boa imperator Daudin, 1803

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1992-12-01

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Herpetology R-176786 Description: published in Rarest of the Rare;

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Current Identification
Boa imperator Daudin, 1803 linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Stevie Kennedy-GoldORCID iD icon on 2023-08-18
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996

Pick and Sloan 2004, page 88, Other Useful Citation of Boa constrictor imperator

  • collector number: MCZ FS-13044-45
  • muse location number: ZRZ176786

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: articulated
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
head length 42.13 mm By: Danny Rhoda, Method: calipers 2024-08-22
Remarks: measured on the dry skull, so this is the SKULL length, measurement taken on the left side of the specimen
head width 7.58 mm By: Danny Rhoda, Method: calipers 2024-08-22
Remarks: measured on the dry skull, so this is the SKULL width, measurement taken on the left side of the specimen
size F,SVL:1355,T:165,TL:1520 [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03

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  • OCE 03.viii.92 by LAThomas | The following measurements were taken from the left side of the specimen by Danny Rhoda in August 2024: length of the anterior most point of the dentary to the intramandibular joint = 17.69 mm distance between anterior most point of dentary and posterior most point of the posterodorsal process = 27.08 mm distance between the intramandibular joint and the posterior most point of the posterodorsal process = 10.58 mm length of the compound bone = 30.15 mm length of the mandibular fossa (in-lever of the jaw adductor) = 13.48 mm length of the quadrate bone = 12.66 mm length of the supratemporal bone = 13.98 mm length of the ectopterygoid bone = 8.96 mm length of the pterygoid bone = 29.56 mm length of the pterygoid's tooth row = 12.68 mm length of the palatine bone = 12.5 mm length of the palatine's tooth row = 12.5 mm length of the maxilla bone = 29.65 mm length of the maxilla's tooth row = 29.65 mm.

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  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [no verbatim locality data]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1992-12-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • n/a; directly from received date
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-176776;  R-176777;  R-176778;  R-176779;  R-176780;  R-176781;  R-176782;  R-176783;  R-176784;  R-176785;  R-176786;  R-176787;  R-176788;  R-176789;  R-176790;  R-176791;  R-176792;  R-176793;  R-176794;  R-176795;  R-176796;  R-176797;  R-176798;  R-176799;  R-176800 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 172401-177350, pg.176;

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