MCZ Herpetology R-6444

Sonora michoacanensis michoacanensis

Holotype of Sonora aequalis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-02-05

Central America: Nicaragua: Matagalpa | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-6444 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Sonora michoacanensis michoacanensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998
Previous Identification
Sonora aequalis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Smith; Taylor
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Smith & Taylor/1945; Identification Made Date: 1945

Smith and Taylor 1945, page 128, Holotype of Sonora aequalis TYPE: 1945 Bull Smith Inst 187:128. Current ID = S. m. michoacanensis; MISC: Specimen is a Mexican species according to Strehel - did not come from Nicaragua [locality in correct?]

  • muse location number: ZR6442

Part Condition Disposition Count
teeth (dry) good in collection 2 History
Remarks: according to labels, all of left dentary assemblage and part of right dentary assemblage, Joe Martinez 04MAR2022
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver/muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-03-04   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: dentary bones and teeth removed from head

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

  • None

  • MISC: Specimen is a Mexican species according to Strehel - did not come from Nicaragua [locality in correct?]

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Nicaragua
  • State/Province:
  • Matagalpa
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Matagalpa, Nicaragua
  • Georeference:
  • 12.9167000°, -85.666700° (Error radius: 110814m) By: Cleo Falvey on 2021-07-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-02-05
  • 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:
  • William B. Richardson

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-6426; R-6427; R-6428; R-6429; R-6430; R-6431; R-6432; R-6433; R-6434; R-6435; R-6436; R-6437; R-6438; R-6439; R-6440; R-6441; R-6442; R-6443; R-6444; R-6445; R-6446; R-6447; R-6448; R-6449; R-6450 Description: Herpetology Reptiles page 98;

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