MCZ Herpetology R-199502

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

Date Collected:

Current Identification

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Anguidae

Common Name(s): Lagarto-escorpión del Sur; Southern Alligator Lizard

Determiner: James R. Stewart on 1981-06-16

Nature of ID: field ID

Remarks: identification made date noted as date the female (mother) was collected and identified

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
histological serial section (histological slide)	unknown	in collection	0	History
Remarks: [This part row to be replaced by a number of rows equal to the final part count, each with its own container barcode, once barcodes have been attached and slides transferred to permanent storage. -- SKG]
section fixation = formol, dioxane, and picric acid section plane = longitudinal section stain = Hematoxylin and eosin section thickness = 7 µm

The following data pertains to the egg used to make the histology slides: egg number = 2; egg position (oviduct) = 5. The total number of histology slides made from this egg = 146. Eggs were processed according to the procedures outlined in "Griffiths, I., Carter, M. E. (1958) Sectioning refractory animal tissues. Stain Technology, 33, 209-214." Publications and figures referencing the slides include Stewart, 1985; Fig 19,20,21.

Specific Locality:
0.8 mi. NW junction Ettersburg- Honeydew Road and Shelter Cove Road, then ~1 mi. W Ettersburg-Honeydew Road
Verbatim Locality:
Calif.: Humboldt Co., 0.8 mi. NW jct. Ettersburg- Honeydew Rd. and Shelter Cove Rd., then ~1 mi. W. Ettersburg-Honeydew Rd.
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Began Date / Ended Date:
1981-07-19 / 1981-07-31
Verbatim Date:
see collecting event remarks
Collecting Event Remarks:
mother collection date = 1981-06-16; oviposition date = 1981-07-19; egg fixation date = 1981-07-31
Collector:
James R. Stewart