MCZ Herpetology R-40003

Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki (Loveridge, 1935)

Holotype of Testudo pardalis babcocki

Date Collected:

1933-11-23

Africa: Uganda: Moroto | Mt Debasien, Karamojo

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-40003 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki (Loveridge, 1935)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Leopard tortoise
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-08-11
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997; Identification Made Date: 1935
Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Loveridge 1935, page 4, Holotype of Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935 Current ID= Geochelone pardalis babcocki.
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 202, Voucher of Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935
Media type: text; Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1;

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

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  • muse location number: ZR40003

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-02-11   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Uganda
  • State/Province:
  • Moroto
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7668855 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mt Debasien, Karamojo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mt. Debasien, Karamojo, Uganda
  • Georeference:
  • 1.75000000°, 34.7000000° (Error radius: 21.624mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2004-11-22 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 32186.88 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1933-11-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 23/11/1933-23/11/1933
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-40001; R-40002; R-40003; R-40004; R-40005; R-40006; R-40007; R-40008; R-40009; R-40010; R-40011; R-40012; R-40013; R-40014; R-40015; R-40016; R-40017; R-40018; R-40019; R-40020; R-40021; R-40022; R-40023; R-40024; R-40025; R-40026; R-40027; R-40028; R-40029; R-40030; R-40031; R-40032; R-40033; R-40034; R-40035; R-40036; R-40037; R-40038; R-40039; R-40040; R-40041; R-40042; R-40043; R-40044; R-40045; R-40046; R-40047; R-40048; R-40049; R-40050 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.161;

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