MCZ Herpetology R-27945

Sphenomorphus melanopogon

Syntype of Lygosoma kuhnei

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-10-28

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea | Kei Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-27945 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Sphenomorphus melanopogon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: non-expert ID
Previous Identifications
Sphenomorphus strislatum kuhnei
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Roux
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Roux/
Lygosoma kuhnei
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Roux 1910, page 237, Syntype of Lygosoma kuhnei
Media type: text; Roux 1910 Description: text, illustrations, maps;

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  • muse location number: ZR27945

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-01-20   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (4)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16
associated grant oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D By: Matt Gage 2022-01-21

  • None

  • Paratype of Lygosoma kuhnei | original ledger entry notes: "Exchange Basel Mus."

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Island:
  • New Guinea
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kei Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kei Islands
  • Georeference:
  • -5.5833330°, 132.750000° (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:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1997-10-28
  • 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:
  • Victor Kühne

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-27926; R-27927; R-27928; R-27929; R-27930; R-27931; R-27932; R-27933; R-27934; R-27935; R-27936; R-27937; R-27938; R-27939; R-27940; R-27941; R-27942; R-27943; R-27944; R-27945; R-27946; R-27947; R-27948; R-27949; R-27950 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 026001-032000, pg.78;

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-38993 documents cataloged_item R-38982 documents cataloged_item R-38983 documents cataloged_item R-38984 documents cataloged_item R-38985 documents cataloged_item R-38986 documents cataloged_item R-38987 documents cataloged_item R-38988 documents cataloged_item R-38989 documents cataloged_item R-38990 documents cataloged_item R-38991 documents cataloged_item R-38977 documents cataloged_item R-38978 documents cataloged_item R-38979 documents cataloged_item R-38980 documents cataloged_item R-38981 documents cataloged_item R-33530 documents cataloged_item R-27945 documents cataloged_item R-33529 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 101;

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