MCZ Herpetology R-6712

Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819

Holotype of Chamaeleo angusticoronatus

Date Collected:

1838-01-01/1902-12-31

Africa: Tanzania: Zanzibar Central/South | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis Leach, 1819 linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Chamaeleonidae
Determiner: systematic card on 2020-10-01
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Chamaeleo angusticoronatus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Chamaeleonidae
Determiner: Thomas Barbourlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Barbour/1903; Identification Made Date: 1903
Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 sp.
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria nidae
Common Name(s): chameleons
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998

Barbour 1903, page 61, Holotype of Chamaeleo angusticoronatus OCE 1903 by SGarman; CURRENT ID = Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis
Media type: text; Barbour 1903 Description: text;

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  • collector number: 1070h
  • muse location number: ZR6712

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; 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 (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-11-05

  • None

  • OCE 1903 by SGarman; CURRENT ID = Chamaeleo dilepis dilepis

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar Central/South
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7032113 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:
  • Zanzibar
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1666670°, 39.3333330° (Error radius: 32.62mi) By: Maureen Flannery on 2005-05-03 (Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1838-01-01 / 1902-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Edward D. Ropes. New begin and end date from DOB and DOD
  • Collector:
  • Edward D. Ropes

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-6712 documents cataloged_item R-5766 documents cataloged_item R-13340 documents cataloged_item R-13341 documents cataloged_item R-20194 Description: Herpetology Types volume, 1929, page 42;

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-6701; R-6702; R-6703; R-6704; R-6705; R-6706; R-6707; R-6708; R-6709; R-6710; R-6711; R-6712; R-6713; R-6714; R-6715; R-6716; R-6717; R-6718; R-6719; R-6720; R-6721; R-6722; R-6723; R-6724; R-6725 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 004001-008000, pg.109;

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