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  • Herpetology R-30590 MCZ Herpetology
  • Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus
  • whole animal (ethanol); tissue (95% ethanol)
  •    Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus
  • Kilindani Id
  • Africa: Kenya: Coast: Mombasa
  • 28/10/1929-28/10/1929 (1929-10-28)
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Identifications
Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus
Identified by Arthur Loveridge
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997; Identification Made Date: 1935
Citations
Loveridge 1935, Page 198, Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus
CURRENT ID = Lygodactylus picturatus picturatus
 
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Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: Kenya
State/Province: Coast
County: Mombasa
Specific Locality: Kilindani Id
Verbatim Locality: Kilindani Id,Mombasa,Kenya Colony
Collecting Source: wild caught
Coordinates: -4.05° 39.666667° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 2.623 mi
Maureen Flannery; 2005-02-22; Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.
Coordinate Remarks: Latitude/longitude is NIMA location for Mombasa which is an island, extent is radius of urban area based on digital map.
Collecting Date: 28/10/1929-28/10/1929 (1929-10-28)
Collectors
Arthur Loveridge
Included in these Collections
Identifiers
muse location number: ZR30586
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-11-18
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa determined date=2021-11-10 determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1
Attributes
associated grant: Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)
  Rina Morisawa, 2021-11-18
associated grant: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D
  Matt Gage, 2022-01-21
Remarks: CURRENT ID = Lygodactylus picturatus picturatus
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Media of type 3D model, MCZ:Herp:R-30590 Identified as Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus type status Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus. . Description:CT scan of skull

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Media of type image, MCZ:Herp:R-30590 Identified as Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus type status Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus.

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Media of type image, MCZ:Herp:R-30590 Identified as Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus type status Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus.

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Media of type image, MCZ:Herp:R-30590 Identified as Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus type status Holotype of Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus.

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Media of type text, Herpetology R-30586;R-30587;R-30588;R-30589;R-30590;R-30591;R-30592;R-30593;R-30594;R-30595;R-30596;R-30597;R-30598;R-30599;R-30600;R-30601;R-30602;R-30603;R-30604;R-30605;R-30606;R-30607;R-30608;R-30609;R-30610. Description:MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 026001-032000, pg.184

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MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 026001-032000, pg.184

 
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