MCZ Herpetology R-28465

Typhlops zenkeri

Date Collected:

Current Identification

Typhlops zenkeri

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae

Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-27

Nature of ID: expert ID

Previous Identification

Typhlops vermis

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae

Determiner: Boulenger

Nature of ID: type ID

Remarks: Boulenger/1914; Identification Made Date: 1914

Boulenger 1914, page 482, Syntype of Typhlops vermis Boulenger, G. 1914 Ann Mag nat Hist, London, (8) 14:482

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: liver/muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-10-29
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa determined date=2021-10-22 determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (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	2021-10-29

Specific Locality:
Bitye
Verbatim Locality:
Bitye,S.Cameroon
Georeference:
3.01700000°, 12.3670000° (Error radius: 6.3km) By: CSD (MCZ) on 2006-02-23 (Source: Falling Rain Gazetteer http://www.fallingrain.com)
Datum:
WGS84
Radial of Feature:
3700 m
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:
George L. Bates