MCZ Herpetology R-67005

Chirindia rondoensis

Holotype of Amphisbaena newalensis

Date Collected:

1961-01-19

Africa: Tanzania: Mtwara | Newala, Makonde Plateau

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Current Identification
Chirindia rondoensis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Amphisbaenia Amphisbaenidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2015-10-29
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Amphisbaena newalensis Loveridge, 1962
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Amphisbaenia Amphisbaenidae
Determiner: Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Loveridge/1962; Identification Made Date: 1962

Loveridge 1962, page 5, Holotype of Amphisbaena newalensis Loveridge, 1962 CURRENT ID = Chirindia rondoensis
Media type: text; Loveridge 1962 Description: MCZ Breviora no. 163;

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Shows Publication: Loveridge 1962 Description: MCZ Breviora no. 163

  • collector number: 9117
  • muse location number: ZR67001

Part Condition Disposition Count
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 2021-11-05
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-05   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-11-05

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  • CURRENT ID = Chirindia rondoensis

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Mtwara
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001713 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Newala, Makonde Plateau
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Tanganyika Ty.: Newala, Makonde Plateau, S. Province
  • Georeference:
  • -10.933333°, 39.3000000° (Error radius: 2.351mi) By: R. Askevold on 2003-07-01 (Source: NIMA gazetteer; 1:1000000 USGS Digital Atlas of Africa, 2002; 1:250000 Shell Map of Tanzania, 1973.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 1190.91456 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1961-01-19
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 19/1/1961-19/1/1961
  • Collector:
  • Constantine John Philip Ionides

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-66967; R-66968; R-66969; R-66970; R-66971; R-66972; R-66973; R-66974; R-66975; R-66976; R-66977; R-66978; R-66979; R-66980; R-66981; R-66982; R-66983; R-66984; R-66985; R-66986; R-66987; R-66988; R-66989; R-66990; R-66991; R-66992; R-66993; R-66994; R-66995; R-66996; R-66997; R-66998; R-66999; R-67000; R-67001; R-67002; R-67003; R-67004; R-67005; R-67006; R-67007; R-67008; R-67009; R-67010; R-67011; R-67012; R-67013; R-67014 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 066151-070854, pg.18;

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