MCZ Herpetology R-28468

Coluber variabilis

Syntype of Zamenis variabilis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-10-28

Asia: Saudi Arabia | El Kubar

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Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Boulenger
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Boulenger/1905

  • collector number: 97
  • muse location number: ZR28468

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-30
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-23   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good 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 2021-09-30

  • None

  • original ledger entry notes: "Exch. British Mus."

  • None

  • Specific Locality:
  • El Kubar
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • El Kubar,S.Arabia
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Boulenger 1905 citation p. 178 describes locality as "El Kubar, Upper Hushabi, near Yemen frontier"; cannot locate on Google Maps, Joe Martinez 25JAN2018
  • Georeference:
  • 24.2678130°, 44.1875000° (Error radius: 1271940m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2021-04-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • 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:
  • George W. Bury

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-28451;  R-28452;  R-28453;  R-28454;  R-28455;  R-28456;  R-28457;  R-28458;  R-28459;  R-28460;  R-28461;  R-28462;  R-28463;  R-28464;  R-28465;  R-28466;  R-28467;  R-28468;  R-28469;  R-28470;  R-28471;  R-28472;  R-28473;  R-28474;  R-28475 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 026001-032000, pg.99;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-28451 Holcosus festivus edwardsii to...

Media type: text; Herpetology A-10288 documents cataloged_item A-10289 documents cataloged_item A-10290 documents cataloged_item A-10291 documents cataloged_item A-10292 documents cataloged_item A-14616 documents cataloged_item A-14617 documents cataloged_item A-38251 documents cataloged_item R-28468 documents cataloged_item R-45964 documents cataloged_item R-45965 documents cataloged_item R-41869 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 165;

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