MCZ Herpetology R-32344

Megatyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Syntype of Typhlops dinga

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1997-09-26

Africa: Mozambique: Tete | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Megatyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: José Rosado on 2018-08-21
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Peters
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Peters/

Peters 1882, page 98, Syntype of Typhlops dinga types not specified in text; however, collection information matches
Media type: text; Peters 1882 Description: Naturwissenschaftlich Reise nach Mossambique auf befehl Seiner Mäjestat des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt, Zoologie Volume 3: Amphibien;

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Shows Publication: Peters 1882 Description: Naturwissenschaftlich Reise nach Mossambique auf befehl Seiner Mäjestat des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848...

Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2

  • collector number: 3942
  • muse location number: ZR32344

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: kidney?; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-10-29
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-21   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 2021-10-29

  • None

  • CURR ID = Phinotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Zool. Mus. Berlin"

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Mozambique
  • State/Province:
  • Tete
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000940 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tete, Mozambique
  • Georeference:
  • -16.156389°, 33.5866670° (Error radius: 301m) By: Nelson Rios on 2019-01-23 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-01-23)[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 / 1997-09-26
  • 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:
  • Peters

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-32301;  R-32302;  R-32303;  R-32304;  R-32305;  R-32306;  R-32307;  R-32308;  R-32309;  R-32310;  R-32311;  R-32312;  R-32313;  R-32314;  R-32315;  R-32316;  R-32317;  R-32318;  R-32319;  R-32320;  R-32321;  R-32322;  R-32323;  R-32324;  R-32325;  R-32326;  R-32327;  R-32328;  R-32329;  R-32330;  R-32331;  R-32332;  R-32333;  R-32334;  R-32335;  R-32336;  R-32337;  R-32338;  R-32339;  R-32340;  R-32341;  R-32342;  R-32343;  R-32344;  R-32345;  R-32346;  R-32347;  R-32348;  R-32349;  R-32350 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.7;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-32301 Anolis albi Holotype to MCZ:H...

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