MCZ Herpetology R-49999

Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)

Paratype of Fordonia papuensis

Date Collected:

1876

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea | Katoro, Binaturi River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-49999 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Crab-eating snake; Crab-eating water snake; Fordon's water snake; Mangrove Snake; The fordonia; The plain fordonia; White-bellied freshwater snake; White-bellied mangrove snake; White-bellied water snake; Yellow-bellied mangrove snake
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Macleay 1887, page 35, Paratype of Fordonia papuensis Macleay, 1878
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  • muse location number: ZR49999

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 2021-09-30
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-29   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-30

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  • original ledger entry notes: "Exch. MaClay Mus."

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Island:
  • New Guinea
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Katoro, Binaturi River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Katoro,Binturi River,British New Guinea
  • Georeference:
  • -9.1333330°, 142.950000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1876-01-01 / 1876-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1876-1876
  • Collector:
  • Chevert Expedition

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-49951; R-49952; R-49953; R-49954; R-49955; R-49956; R-49957; R-49958; R-49959; R-49960; R-49961; R-49962; R-49963; R-49964; R-49965; R-49966; R-49967; R-49968; R-49969; R-49970; R-49971; R-49972; R-49973; R-49974; R-49975; R-49976; R-49977; R-49978; R-49979; R-49980; R-49981; R-49982; R-49983; R-49984; R-49985; R-49986; R-49987; R-49988; R-49989; R-49990; R-49991; R-49992; R-49993; R-49994; R-49995; R-49996; R-49997; R-49998; R-49999; R-50000 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 044001-056050, pg.120;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-49951 Anolis sminthus to MCZ:Herp:R-...

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