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Material Entity: tissue

Disposition: In collection

Identifier Status: ACTIVE

Last Update: January 29, 2025

Identification

Accepted NameVaranus griseus (Daudin, 1803)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Chordata > Squamata > Varanidae > Varanus
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameVaranus griseus
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Reptilia > Squamata > Varanidae > Varanus > griseus
Status Original Nameaccepted species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering

CountryMauritania (Africa)
Locality71 km NNE Nouakchott (by Atar Rd.)
Latitude | Longitude18.6495 | -15.62883
Collector(s)Collector(s): Theodore J. Papenfuss
Collector's numberTJP 27128
Collection Date2001-08-19
Collecting Sourcewild

Tissue

GUID/Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Herp:235860?pid=22725350
Catalog NumberMVZ:Herp:235860
Previous IDscollector number=TJP 27128, GenBank=JN673349, GenBank=JN673362,
Collection CodeHerp
Institution CodeMVZ
Institution Full NameArctos/University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Record BasisPreservedSpecimen
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meanswild caught
Type Statusvoucher of Varanus griseus page 563 in Portik and Papenfuss 2012

Preparation

Typetissue (frozen)
StaffCarol L. Spencer

Permits

Status: Permit not available
Unknown permit type

Sequences

ENA number(s)JN673349 , JN673362
NCBI number(s)JN673349 , JN673362

Dataset Description

MVZ Herp Collection (Arctos) for GGBN

DescriptionThe MVZ collection of amphibians and reptiles contains over 270,000 catalogued specimens. As of 8 April 2004, 123 of these have been designated holotypes, three are neotypes, three are syntypes, and 1793 are paratypes and paratopotypes. Most specimens are fluid-preserved, but the collection also contains skeletal preparations, sets of amphibian eggs and larvae, and several thousand specimens that have been cleared and stained. Other special collections include pineal organs, 800 sectioned heads, a series of dried anuran skins from California and Argentina, and stomach contents that have been removed from more than 3,000 predatory reptiles.
RightsTo the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
CitationMuseum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley

Contacts

Staff Curator of Herpetology
Carol Spencer, atrox@berkeley.edu , 3101 Valley Life Science Building, CA US, 94720-3160, (510) 643-5778
VertNet Coordinator
David Bloom, dbloom@vertnet.org
Information Architect
John Wieczorek, gtuco.btuco@gmail.com
Arctos Database Programmer
Dusty McDonald, dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Faculty Curator of Herpetology
Jim McGuire, mcguirej@berkeley.edu , 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, CA US, 94720-3160, (510) 316-6201
Faculty Curator of Herpetology
David Wake, wakelab@berkeley.edu , 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, CA US, 94720-3160, (510) 643-7705
GIS and Bioinformatics Specialist
Michelle Koo, mkoo@berkeley.edu , 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, CA US, 94720-3160, (510) 642-8547

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Disposition: In collection

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