MCZ Herpetology R-28646

Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger, 1894)

Syntype of Coluber cantoris

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-10-29

Asia: India | Khasi Hills

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Media type: image;   Herpetology R-28646 Description: Specimen photo;  Aspect: whole body dorsal

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Current Identification
Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger, 1894) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: systematic card on 2018-04-12
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Boulenger
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Boulenger/1894

Boulenger 1894, page 35, Syntype of Coluber cantoris
Media type: text; Boulenger 1894 Description: text;

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  • muse location number: ZR28646

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 2021-09-30
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-29   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-30

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  • | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. British Museum"

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • India
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000198 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Khasi Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Khasi Hills,India
  • Georeference:
  • 25.5000000°, 91.5000000° (Error radius: 35000m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2021-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1997-10-29
  • 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:
  • J. Hooker

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-28626;  R-28627;  R-28628;  R-28629;  R-28630;  R-28631;  R-28632;  R-28633;  R-28634;  R-28635;  R-28636;  R-28637;  R-28638;  R-28639;  R-28640;  R-28641;  R-28642;  R-28643;  R-28644;  R-28645;  R-28646;  R-28647;  R-28648;  R-28649;  R-28650 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 026001-032000, pg.106;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-28626 Lacerta lilfordi kamerana to M...

Media type: text; Herpetology R-37210 documents cataloged_item R-48768 documents cataloged_item R-48769 documents cataloged_item R-48788 documents cataloged_item R-48789 documents cataloged_item R-48790 documents cataloged_item R-48791 documents cataloged_item R-37394 documents cataloged_item R-33471 documents cataloged_item R-33472 documents cataloged_item R-27496 documents cataloged_item R-28646 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 46;

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Documents Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-37210 Coleonyx variegatus peninsularis Paratype

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