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Boulengerula taitanus

Boulengerula taitanus

Loveridge, 1935

GBIF:119360690

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Descriptions(2)

Paratype: RMNH 6436 B (formerly MCZ 20024), 1 spec. Loc.: “ Mt. Mbobolo, Taita Mts., Kenya ”. Ex: Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek, Arntzen, Jan Willem (2007): Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. Zootaxa 1482: 25-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176896
Remarks. Originally there were two specimens in RMNH 6436. One of these (RMNH 6436 A, formerly MCZ 20016) seems to have been lost. The holotype and paratypes are in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts (MCZ 20001 and MCZ 20002 - 20015, 20017 - 20023, respectively).
Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek, Arntzen, Jan Willem (2007): Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. Zootaxa 1482: 25-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176896

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Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek, Arntzen, Jan Willem (2007): Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. Zootaxa 1482: 25-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176896

Abstract

The amphibian type specimens held in the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden are listed. A total of 775 type specimens representing 143 taxon names were encountered. The list provides the original name, the original publication date, pagination and illustrations, current name, type locality and notes on the type status.

Key words: Amphibia, Caudata, Anura, Gymnophiona, types, National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

Miracle E G, Van L W, Ostende D H, Arntzen J W, plazi (2007). Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.176896 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2007View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119360690
Dataset Key
5358c073-8ab5-42d7-88b9-8d90e1371d73
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2430961
Taxon ID
2271878BDD68FF904BD5FB62FAFAF9D3.taxon
Last Crawled
6/4/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026