Herpetology R-76551: Sphenomorphus tanneri

Kunua lowlands
Oceania: Papua New Guinea: Bougainville: Bougainville Island
8/6/1963-8/6/1963 (1963-06-08)
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Identifications

Sphenomorphus tanneri (Greer and Parker, 1967)

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae Sphenomorphus tanneri

Identified by Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996

Sphenomorphus loriae

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Sauria Scincidae Sphenomorphus loriae

Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Citations

Greer and Parker 1967, Holotype of Sphenomorphus tanneri

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Media Details
MCZ Breviora no. 275

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Oceania
Country:	Papua New Guinea
State/Province:	Bougainville
Island:	Bougainville Island
Specific Locality:	Kunua lowlands
Verbatim Locality:	Bougainville: Kunua lowlands
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-5.7952898° 154.8486486° (Datum: AGD66) , Error: 18.102 km
	Carla H. Kishinami; 2007-07-12; Source: Village Directory 1968, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Dept. of District Administration ; and Map: Royal Australian Survey Corps, Kunua, sheet #9886, (Edition 1) Series T601, 1978.##1:100,000
	Coordinate Remarks: "Assume that ""Kunua lowlands"", ""Kunua montaine region"", and ""Kunua area"" are all roughly found within the Kunua Census Division. Found approx. boundaries of Census Divisions in the Village Directory and approximated the Kunua Division on the #9886 Kunua map. Coordinates taken at approximated geographic center of the Division and extent measured to the approximated corners of the division.#done GBIF"
Collecting Date:	8/6/1963-8/6/1963 (1963-06-08)