MCZ Herpetology R-23080

Letheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)

Holotype of Typhlops uluguruensis

Date Collected:

1926-10-06

Africa: Tanzania: Morogoro | Nyange, Uluguru Mtns

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-23080 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Letheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Uluguri Worm Snake; Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-07-25
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Typhlops uluguruensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Thomas Barbourlinked data icon; Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Barbour&Loveridge/1928; Identification Made Date: 1928

Barbour and Loveridge 1928, page 104, Holotype of Typhlops uluguruensis Barbour, Thomas & Loveridge, Arthur 1928 Mem Mus Com Zool, Cambridge, 50 (2):104
Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1928 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. L No. 2;

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1928 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. L No. 2

  • muse location number: ZR23080

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 2021-10-29
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-21   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-10-29

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  • 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:
  • Nyange, Uluguru Mtns
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nyange, Uluguru Mtns. Tang. Territory
  • Georeference:
  • -7.1666670°, 37.6666670° (Error radius: 26.619mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-03-29 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 40233.6 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1926-10-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 6/10/1926-6/10/1926
  • Collector:
  • (C.F.C.) Arthur Loveridge

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-23076; R-23077; R-23078; R-23079; R-23080; R-23081; R-23082; R-23083; R-23084; R-23085; R-23086; R-23087; R-23088; R-23089; R-23090; R-23091; R-23092; R-23093; R-23094; R-23095; R-23096; R-23097; R-23098; R-23099; R-23100 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.124;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-23076 Causus resimus to MCZ:Herp:R-2...

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