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MCZ Herpetology R-39995

Hemidactylus mercatorius

Holotype of Hemidactylus mandanus

Date Collected:

1931-07

Africa: Kenya: Lamu | Kitau, Manda Id.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-39995 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Hemidactylus mercatorius
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-03-10
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Hemidactylus mandanus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Loveridge; Identification Made Date: 1936

Loveridge 1936, page 60, Holotype of Hemidactylus mandanus DATE: Type description gives 15.v.34 as date; CURRENT ID = Hemidactylus mercatorius
Media type: text; Loveridge 1936 Description: text;

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Shows Publication: Loveridge 1936 Description: text

  • muse location number: ZR39995

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 2021-11-12
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-05   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female By: Arthur Loveridge
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-11-12

  • None

  • DATE: Type description gives 15.v.34 as date; original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Munich Mus. / Type description gives Loveridge as collector + 15 May 1934 as date"

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Lamu
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593777 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kitau, Manda Id.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kitau, Manda Id., K.C.
  • Georeference:
  • -2.2747220, 40.9602780 (Error radius: 4mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-02-08 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Extent:
  • 2.65000
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1931-07-01 / 1931-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/7/1931-0/7/1931
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Verbatim Collector: "FFrip/ALoveridge?"; Type description gives Loveridge as collector
  • Collector:
  • F. Frip

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-39951; R-39952; R-39953; R-39954; R-39955; R-39956; R-39957; R-39958; R-39959; R-39960; R-39961; R-39962; R-39963; R-39964; R-39965; R-39966; R-39967; R-39968; R-39969; R-39970; R-39971; R-39972; R-39973; R-39974; R-39975; R-39976; R-39977; R-39978; R-39979; R-39980; R-39981; R-39982; R-39983; R-39984; R-39985; R-39986; R-39987; R-39988; R-39989; R-39990; R-39991; R-39992; R-39993; R-39994; R-39995; R-39996; R-39997; R-39998; R-39999; R-40000 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.160;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-39951 Letheobia lumbriciformis to MC...

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