MCZ Herpetology R-4431

Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-01-14

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: New Ireland Province: Bismarck Archipelago: New Ireland Island | New Ireland [New Mecklenburg]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-4431 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Pythonidae
Determined As: Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)
Determiner: Danny Rhoda on 2024-08-22
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Liasis amethistinus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998

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  • muse location number: ZR4431

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull and jaw (dry) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: skull + jaw - River Pfaff, 2024-24-09
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked unknown 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
head length 43.76 mm By: Danny Rhoda, Method: calipers 2024-08-22
Remarks: measured on the dry skull, so this is the SKULL length, measurement taken on the left side of the specimen
head width 6.72 mm By: Danny Rhoda, Method: calipers 2024-08-22
Remarks: measured on the dry skull, so this is the SKULL width, measurement taken on the left side of the specimen

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  • The following measurements were taken from the left side of the specimen by Danny Rhoda in August 2024: width of premaxilla = 4.49 mm length of the anterior most point of the dentary to the intramandibular joint = 17.09 mm distance between anterior most point of dentary and posterior most point of the posterodorsal process = 25.89 mm distance between the intramandibular joint and the posterior most point of the posterodorsal process = 9.73 mm length of the compound bone = 28.24 mm length of the mandibular fossa (in-lever of the jaw adductor) = 11.93 mm length of the quadrate bone = 9.69 mm length of the supratemporal bone = 10.61 mm length of the ectopterygoid bone = 10.83 mm length of the pterygoid bone = 28.02 mm length of the pterygoid's tooth row = 11.95 mm length of the palatine bone = 13.03 mm length of the palatine's tooth row = 11.66 mm length of the maxilla bone = 26.88 mm length of the maxilla's tooth row = 26.88 mm.

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • State/Province:
  • New Ireland Province
  • Island Group:
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • Island:
  • New Ireland Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • New Ireland [New Mecklenburg]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • New Ireland
  • Georeference:
  • -3.1659800°, 151.693496° (Error radius: 228799m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-03-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-01-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-4426; R-4427; R-4428; R-4429; R-4430; R-4431; R-4432; R-4433; R-4434; R-4435; R-4436; R-4437; R-4438; R-4439; R-4440; R-4441; R-4442; R-4443; R-4444; R-4445; R-4446; R-4447; R-4448; R-4449; R-4450 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 004001-008000, pg.18;

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