Paralectotype of Typhlops mucronatus  
  Syntype of Typhlops mucronatus

Date Collected:

1881

Africa: Madagascar | Lukubwe, Nossi Be

Current Identification
Madatyphlops mucronatus (Boettger, 1880)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Boettger's Worm Snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Boettger
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Boettger/1880; Identification Made Date: 1880

Boettger 1880, page 279, Syntype of Typhlops mucronatus Boettger, 1880, Zool Anz, Leipzig 1880:279
Mertens 1922, page 162, Paralectotype of Typhlops mucronatus
Media type: text; Boettger 1880 Description: Zoologischer Anzeiger, volume 3;

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Shows Publication: Boettger 1880 Description: Zoologischer Anzeiger, volume 3

  • muse location number: ZR33504

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 2021-10-29
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-21   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair 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

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  • | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Senckenberg Mus.

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000173 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lukubwe, Nossi Be
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lukubwe, Nossi Be, Madagascar
  • Georeference:
  • -13.416660°, 48.3166600° (Error radius: 2km) By: Rija RAJAONSON (REBIOMA) on 2007-03-30 (Source: NIMA gazetteer, BD 500 FTM Laborde Madagasikara)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 1290 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1881-01-01 / 1881-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1881-1881
  • Collectors:
  • A. Stumpff; C. Ebenau

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-33501;  R-33502;  R-33503;  R-33504;  R-33505;  R-33506;  R-33507;  R-33508;  R-33509;  R-33510;  R-33511;  R-33512;  R-33513;  R-33514;  R-33515;  R-33516;  R-33517;  R-33518;  R-33519;  R-33520;  R-33521;  R-33522;  R-33523;  R-33524;  R-33525;  R-33526;  R-33527;  R-33528;  R-33529;  R-33530;  R-33531;  R-33532;  R-33533;  R-33534;  R-33535;  R-33536;  R-33537;  R-33538;  R-33539;  R-33540;  R-33541;  R-33542;  R-33543;  R-33544;  R-33545;  R-33546;  R-33547;  R-33548;  R-33549;  R-33550 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.31;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-33501 Chelodina steindachneri to MCZ...

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