MCZ Herpetology R-65493

Boa constrictor nebulosus (Lazell 1964)

Holotype of Constrictor constrictor nebulosus

Date Collected:

1959-07-30

Central America: Dominica: Lesser Antilles | Dominica Woodford Hill

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-65493 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Boa constrictor nebulosus (Lazell 1964)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2016-07-26
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Constrictor constrictor nebulosus Lazell, 1964
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: James Draper Lazell, Jr.linked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Lazell/1964
Constrictor orophias
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Henophidia Boidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Lazell 1964, page 264, Holotype of Constrictor constrictor nebulosus Lazell, 1964 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4315934 "MCZ 65493 is an adult female with 64 dorsal scale rows at midbody, and 264 ventrals. The anal is single. There are 19 supralabials on each side ; there are 21 infralabials on the right, 20 on the left. Preserved, the type measures 1,438 mm, of which 172 mm are tail. " [p264] "The dorsal ground color varies somewhat, MCZ 65493 repre- senting the light extreme (still cloudy grey-brown and with very indistinct markings" [p.266]
Media type: text; Lazell 1964 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXXXII no. 3;

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Shows Publication: Lazell 1964 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXXXII no. 3

  • muse location number: ZR65493

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 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-03-04   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked unknown 1 History

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

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  • Housed in SST #2 on 07AUG2017, CFalvey.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Dominica
  • Island Group:
  • Lesser Antilles
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Dominica Woodford Hill
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Dominica:Woodford Hill
  • Georeference:
  • 15.5666670°, -61.333333° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1959-07-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 30/7/1959-30/7/1959
  • Collector:
  • James Draper Lazell, Jr.linked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-65451; R-65452; R-65453; R-65454; R-65455; R-65456; R-65457; R-65458; R-65459; R-65460; R-65461; R-65462; R-65463; R-65464; R-65465; R-65466; R-65467; R-65468; R-65469; R-65470; R-65471; R-65472; R-65473; R-65474; R-65475; R-65476; R-65477; R-65478; R-65479; R-65480; R-65481; R-65482; R-65483; R-65484; R-65485; R-65486; R-65487; R-65488; R-65489; R-65490; R-65491; R-65492; R-65493; R-65494; R-65495; R-65496; R-65497; R-65498; R-65499; R-65500 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 061101-066150, pg.88;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-65451 Holbrooki maculata approximans...

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