MCZ Herpetology R-19326

Geophis tectus (Savage and Watling, 2008)

Holotype of Geophis tectus

Date Collected:

1923-01-01/1923-12-31

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

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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

Savage and Watling 2008, page 584, Holotype of Geophis tectus (Savage and Watling, 2008)
Media type: text; Savage and Watling 2008 Description: text with illustrations;

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  • 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

  • None

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

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • State/Province:
  • Chiriqui Province
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001201 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • 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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