MCZ Herpetology R-40060

Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge, 1935)

Holotype of Typhlops kaimosae

Date Collected:

1934-03-07

Africa: Kenya: Kakamega | Kaimosa

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Current Identification
Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge, 1935)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Kakamega Blind-snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-12
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Typhlops kaimosae
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ALoveridge/
Typhlops punctatus punctatus (Leach, 1819)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Typhlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-10-17
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Loveridge 1935, page 5, Holotype of Typhlops kaimosae
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 209, Voucher of Typhlops kaimosae
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: ZR40021

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 2021-10-29
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-21   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) fair in collection 1 History

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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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • State/Province:
  • Kakamega
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7593767 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Kaimosa
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Kaimosa, Kakamega, Kenya Colony
  • Georeference:
  • 0.20555555°, 34.4916666° (Error radius: 1.404mi) By: R. Askevold on 2003-07-24 (Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; Macmillian's Kenya Traveller's Map, 3rd ed, 1993, 1:1,750,000;Survey of Kenya map sheet Eldoret, Series Y503, Sheet NA-36-16, Edition 2 SK, 1:250,000, 1971 (published first 1962).)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1934-03-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 7/3/1934-7/3/1934
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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