MCZ Herpetology Observations 11

Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)

Date Collected:

2009-10-02

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Nantucket | Nantucket, Sesachacha Pond, southeast edge, along south shore of small inlet

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:HerpOBS:11 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Caudata Salamandroidea Plethodontidae
Common Name(s): Four-toed Salamander; salamandre à quatre doigts
Determiner: Scott D. Smyers
Nature of ID: expert ID

  • None

  • previous number: MCZ A-139525

Part Condition Disposition Count
digital voucher (image) 3 digital images in collection 0 History
Remarks: VOUCHER - NO PHYSICAL SPECIMEN

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male By: Joe Martinez
total size 85 mm By: Andrew Mckenna-Foster 2010-02-02
Remarks: measurement is approximate

  • Specimen cited as first record of the species on Nantucket in Mckenna-Foster and Smyers, 2010. Hemidactylium scutatum. Herpetological Review 41 (2), pp. 240-41.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Nantucket
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002705 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nantucket, Sesachacha Pond, southeast edge, along south shore of small inlet
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nantucket, Southeast edge of Sesachacha Pond, along south shore of small inlet
  • Habitat Description:
  • Cattails along pond edge
  • Georeference:
  • 41.2923100°, -69.988800° (Error radius: Unknown) By: Andrew Mckenna-Foster on 2009-10-02 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • not recorded
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2009-10-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 02-Oct-2009
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • under plywood board in dead vegetation
  • Collector:
  • Andrew Mckenna-Foster

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