MCZ Herpetology R-42896

Letheobia gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910)

Paratype of Typhlops katangensis

Date Collected:

1931-01-04/1931-01-06

Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Katanga | Lukafu (Kandelunga)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-42896 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Letheobia gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Common Name(s): Gracile Blind-snake; Urungu Beaked Snake
Determiner: José Rosado on 2017-06-21
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Rhinotyphlops gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Witte
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Witte/1933
Typhlops katangensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Typhlopoidea Typhlopidae
Determiner: Witte
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Witte/1933; Identification Made Date: 1933

de Witte 1933, page 190, Paratype of Typhlops katangensis Paratype of Typhlops katangensis Witte 1933 Ruvue Zool Bot 23:190

  • muse location number: ZR42896
  • previous number: 8434

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

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • State/Province:
  • Haut-Katanga
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/8712412 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lukafu (Kandelunga)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lukafu (Kandelunga), Belgian Congo
  • Georeference:
  • -9.7000000°, 27.2166700° (Error radius: 8km) By: JBH (MCZ) on 2006-02-01 (Source: Fuzzy Gazetteer http://tomcat-dmaweb1.jrc.it/fuzzyg/query/)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1931-01-04 / 1931-01-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 4/1/1931-6/1/1931
  • Collector:
  • Gaston-Francois de Witte

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-42851; R-42852; R-42853; R-42854; R-42855; R-42856; R-42857; R-42858; R-42859; R-42860; R-42861; R-42862; R-42863; R-42864; R-42865; R-42866; R-42867; R-42868; R-42869; R-42870; R-42871; R-42872; R-42873; R-42874; R-42875; R-42876; R-42877; R-42878; R-42879; R-42880; R-42881; R-42882; R-42883; R-42884; R-42885; R-42886; R-42887; R-42888; R-42889; R-42890; R-42891; R-42892; R-42893; R-42894; R-42895; R-42896; R-42897; R-42898; R-42899; R-42900 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.218;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-42851 Kinixys belliana to MCZ:Herp:R...

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