MCZ Herpetology R-21

Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook, 1838)

Syntype of Coluber taxispilotus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-01-13

North America: United States: South Carolina: Charleston | Charleston

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Current Identification
Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook, 1838)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Brown Water Snake
Determiner: systematic card on 2019-07-10
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Natrix taxispilota (Holbrook, 1838)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Holbrook
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Holbrook/1842

Holbrook 1838, page 113, Syntype of Coluber taxispilotus Holbrook, 1838 questionable syntype
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  • muse location number: ZR16

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-10-08
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-01   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-10-08

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • South Carolina
  • County:
  • Charleston
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Charleston
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Charleston SC
  • Georeference:
  • 32.7766000°, -79.930900° (Error radius: 5.767mi) By: Robert G. Tuck, Jr. on 2007-08-28 (Source: USGS Charleston Quad (TopoZone - 1:24,000))
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 9253.728 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-01-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • John E. Holbrooklinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-22201 documents cataloged_item R-16 documents cataloged_item R-21 documents cataloged_item R-12090 documents cataloged_item R-7376 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 157;

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