Holotype of Geophis tectus

Date Collected:

1923-01-01/1923-12-31

Central America: Panama: Chiriqui Province | La Loma Mtns., S. of Chiriqui Lagoon

Media type: image;   Herpetology R-19326

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Current Identification
Geophis tectus (Savage and Watling, 2008)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Jay Mathers Savagelinked data icon; James I. Watling on 2008-06-28
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Geophis hoffmanni (Peters, 1859)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Media type: text; Savage and Watling 2008 Description: text with illustrations;

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Shows Publication: Savage and Watling 2008 Description: text with illustrations

  • muse location number: ZR19322

Part Condition Disposition Count
Hemipenis (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: left hemipenis; in Hemipenes Collection
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-30
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-29   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (formalin/70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: left hemipenis removed

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-30

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  • Geophis, species inquirenda. fide Myers, C.W. 2003. American Museum Novitates 3391: 38; original tag faded, attached new duplicate tag 06FEB2013 JMartinez

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • State/Province:
  • Chiriqui Province
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001201 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • La Loma Mtns., S. of Chiriqui Lagoon
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • La Loma Mtns.,S.of Chiriqui Lagoon W.Panama
  • Georeference:
  • 9.05000000°, -82.000000° (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:
  • 1923-01-01 / 1923-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1923-1923
  • Collectors:
  • Emmett Reid Dunn; Chester Duryea

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-19311;  R-19312;  R-19313;  R-19314;  R-19315;  R-19316;  R-19317;  R-19318;  R-19319;  R-19320;  R-19321;  R-19322;  R-19323;  R-19324;  R-19325;  R-19326;  R-19327;  R-19328;  R-19329;  R-19330;  R-19331;  R-19332;  R-19333;  R-19334;  R-19335 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 014026-020000, pg.212;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-19311 Sauresia sepsoides to MCZ:Herp...

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