MCZ Herpetology R-40005

Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki (Loveridge, 1935)

Paratype of Testudo pardalis babcocki

Date Collected:

1934-04-17

Africa: Kenya: Taita-Taveta | Mt Mbololo [Mbolo?], Taita Hills

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-40005 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki (Loveridge, 1935)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Leopard tortoise
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Previous Identifications
Geochelone pardalis babcocki
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, Paratype of Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935 Paratype of Testudo pardalis babcocki.
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 203, Voucher of Testudo pardalis babcocki Loveridge, 1935
Media type: text; Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Loveridge 1935 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXIX no. 1

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

  • muse location number: ZR40004

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

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  • Paratype of Testudo pardalis babcocki.

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Taita-Taveta
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593795 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mt Mbololo [Mbolo?], Taita Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mt. Mbololo, Taita Hills, Kenya
  • Georeference:
  • -3.2833333°, 38.4666666° (Error radius: 9.424mi) By: R. Askevold on 2003-08-26 (Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; Macmillian's Kenya Traveller's Map, 3rd ed, 1993, 1:1,750,000; and Survey of Kenya, SK 57 Kenya 1:1,000,000 (special), south sheet, first edition, 1971.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-04-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 17/4/1934-17/4/1934
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-40004 documents cataloged_item R-40005 documents cataloged_item R-40006 documents cataloged_item R-46507 documents cataloged_item R-46453 documents cataloged_item R-46454 documents cataloged_item A-24544 documents cataloged_item A-24545 documents cataloged_item R-9276 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1946, page 155;

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Documents Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-40004 Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki Paratype ...

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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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-40001 Crocodylus niloticus niloticus...

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