Mole Snake/Serpente talpa

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Zoology

Mole Snake/Serpente talpa

Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara scientists

Coronella cana Linn.

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, F. Steindachner, "Reptilien":

"A specimen from the Cape of Good Hope" (p. 63)

References

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, F. Steindachner, "Reptilien", p. 63

C. von Linnè, Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis,Holmiae, Imprensis Laurentii Salvii, 1758, p. 220

Links

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pseudaspis&species=cana

Details

State of
preservation

good

Collection
date

2-26 October 1857

Collection
place

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

1533

Dimension
(cm)

ø 7x22.5 cm

IUCN index

lower risk

State of
preservation

Anoniem

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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