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MCZ Herpetology R-18253

Hemidactylus tanganicus

Holotype of Hemidactylus tanganicus

Date Collected:

1916-09-20

Africa: Tanzania: Morogoro | Duthumi

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-18253 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Hemidactylus tanganicus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ALoveridge/1929; Identification Made Date: 1929
Previous Identification
Hemidactylus ruopoli
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Loveridge 1929, page 42, Holotype of Hemidactylus tanganicus MISC:rusty nail and rotten wood removed from body and tail base

  • field number: MCZ FS-R6018
  • muse location number: ZR18253

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 2021-11-12
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-10   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-11-12

  • None

  • MISC:rusty nail and rotten wood removed from body and tail base

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Morogoro
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001711 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Duthumi
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Duthumi,TT
  • Georeference:
  • -7.3666670°, 37.8000000° (Error radius: 5.618mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-04-18 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 6437.376 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1916-09-20
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 20/9/1916-20/9/1916
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-18251; R-18252; R-18253; R-18254; R-18255; R-18256; R-18257; R-18258; R-18259; R-18260; R-18261; R-18262; R-18263; R-18264; R-18265; R-18266; R-18267; R-18268; R-18269; R-18270; R-18271; R-18272; R-18273; R-18274; R-18275 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.170;

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