MCZ Herpetology R-2696

Boa constrictor imperator

Syntype of Boa constrictor isthmica

Date Collected:

1814-01-01/1871-12-01

Central America: Panama | Turbo Isle of Panama Atlantic side

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-2696 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-2696 Description: Specimen photo; Aspect: head dorsal

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Media type: image; Herpetology R-2696 Description: Specimen photo; Aspect: head ventral

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Media type: image; Herpetology R-2696 Description: Specimen photo; Aspect: head lateral

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Media type: image; Herpetology R-2696 Description: Specimen photo; Aspect: whole body dorsal

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Current Identification
Boa constrictor imperator
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-07-26
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Constrictor constrictor isthmica
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Samuel Walton Garmanlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Garman/1883

Garman 1883, page 9, Syntype of Boa constrictor isthmica see description, confusion on R-2097, R-2696, R-177351 as syntypes, Joe Martinez 20APR20
Media type: text; Garman 1883 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. VIII No. 3;

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Shows Publication: Garman 1883 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. VIII No. 3

  • muse location number: ZR2694

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 2021-09-23
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-23

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005565 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Turbo Isle of Panama Atlantic side
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Turbo Isle of Panama Atlantic side
  • Georeference:
  • 8.96666700°, -79.533333° (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:
  • 1814-01-01 / 1871-12-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • New begin date from date proven alive (1854 expedition to Panama) minus 40 years. New end date from date received.
  • Collector:
  • George A. Maack

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-2676; R-2677; R-2678; R-2679; R-2680; R-2681; R-2682; R-2683; R-2684; R-2685; R-2686; R-2687; R-2688; R-2689; R-2690; R-2691; R-2692; R-2693; R-2694; R-2695; R-2696; R-2697; R-2698; R-2699; R-2700 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.108;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-2676 Thamnodynastes pallidus nattere...

Media type: text; Herpetology R-4660 documents cataloged_item R-14630 documents cataloged_item R-14701 documents cataloged_item R-14702 documents cataloged_item R-14703 documents cataloged_item R-14704 documents cataloged_item R-14705 documents cataloged_item R-14706 documents cataloged_item R-14707 documents cataloged_item R-14708 documents cataloged_item R-14709 documents cataloged_item R-14710 documents cataloged_item R-14711 documents cataloged_item R-14712 documents cataloged_item R-14713 documents cataloged_item R-14714 documents cataloged_item R-14715 documents cataloged_item R-14716 documents cataloged_item R-14717 documents cataloged_item R-14718 documents cataloged_item R-14719 documents cataloged_item R-14720 documents cataloged_item R-14721 documents cataloged_item R-14722 documents cataloged_item R-14723 documents cataloged_item R-14724 documents cataloged_item R-14725 documents cataloged_item R-14726 documents cataloged_item R-14727 documents cataloged_item R-14728 documents cataloged_item R-14729 documents cataloged_item R-14730 documents cataloged_item R-14731 documents cataloged_item R-14732 documents cataloged_item R-14733 documents cataloged_item R-14734 documents cataloged_item R-14735 documents cataloged_item R-14736 documents cataloged_item R-14737 documents cataloged_item R-14738 documents cataloged_item R-14739 documents cataloged_item R-14740 documents cataloged_item R-14741 documents cataloged_item R-14742 documents cataloged_item R-14743 documents cataloged_item R-14744 documents cataloged_item R-14745 documents cataloged_item R-14746 documents cataloged_item R-14747 documents cataloged_item R-14748 documents cataloged_item R-14749 documents cataloged_item R-14750 documents cataloged_item R-14751 documents cataloged_item R-14752 documents cataloged_item R-14753 documents cataloged_item R-14754 documents cataloged_item R-14755 documents cataloged_item R-14756 documents cataloged_item R-14757 documents cataloged_item R-14758 documents cataloged_item R-14759 documents cataloged_item A-14004 documents cataloged_item R-19634 documents cataloged_item R-2097 documents cataloged_item R-2696 documents cataloged_item R-7790 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 31;

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