MCZ Herpetology R-5081

Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883

Syntype of Testudo kleinmanni

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1882-12-01

Africa: Egypt: Alexandria | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Testudinidae
Common Name(s): Egyptian Tortoise (werneri; Kleinmann's tortoise; Leith's tortoise; egyptian tortoise
Determiner: Albert Albert Günther
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1998; Identification Made Date: 1869
Previous Identifications
Coluber ravergieri
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Zamensis caudolineatus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Günther 1869, page 502, Syntype of Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883 1 specimen discarded off exhibit 15.xi.27

  • muse location number: ZR5081

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle/loose skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-02-09   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class juvenile By: systematic card 2022-10-19
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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  • Originally two specimens, 1 specimen discarded off exhibit 15.xi.27

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Egypt
  • State/Province:
  • Alexandria
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001079 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alexandria Egypt
  • Georeference:
  • 31.1981000°, 29.9192000° (Error radius: 5.015km) By: Jennifer Mui (FMNH) on 2005-08-10 (Source: Falling Rain Global Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 5000 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1882-12-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • n/a; directly from received date
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-5076; R-5077; R-5078; R-5079; R-5080; R-5081; R-5082; R-5083; R-5084; R-5085; R-5086; R-5087; R-5088; R-5089; R-5090; R-5091; R-5092; R-5093; R-5094; R-5095; R-5096; R-5097; R-5098; R-5099; R-5100 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 004001-008000, pg.44;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-5076 Xenochrophis piscator piscator ...

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