MCZ Herpetology R-39995

Hemidactylus mercatorius

Holotype of Hemidactylus mandanus

Date Collected:

1931-07

Africa: Kenya: Lamu | Kitau, Manda Id.

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Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-03-10
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
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
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  • 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

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  • 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"

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Lamu
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593777 linked data icon
  • 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
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 4264.7616 m
  • 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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