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2052

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Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Species: Tiliqua gigas  
Cat No: NRM 2052. N=1
Determiner: Andersson, LG Length: Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Asia Country: INDONESIA State/Province: Maluku
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No locality data given. Possibly from Ambon Island
Field Number: KVA-DEGEER-AMB Leg: Unknown Date: to 1778

Object remarks: Oldest labels from Quensel: L. Javensis n.sp. v. Catalog Lang (=?) ded. Hornstedt. and Dalman: Scincus ? javanicus Dn. Lacerta javanica Hornstedt.. Included in Quensel's Catalogue 1802 as Lacerta ... 35 / Javensis, corpore aequali pingui, sensim pone abdomen attenuato, cauda mediocri, tereti, subfuciformi; pedibus omnibus pentadactylis unguiculatis: digitis subaequalibus. An. L. Javanica ? Hornst.varietas L. amboinensis teste Gmelini ??. Quensel probably mixed NRM 2053 + 2052 with NRM 6845 + 1049. Lacerta javensis (javanica) is a nomen nudum - cf. Hornstedt 1775 and Gmelin Syst Nat 13. Origin obscure; unclear if included in Hornstedt's catalogue 1788. Major part of Hornstedt's collection discarded by Sparrman /EIÅ, 2012.
Locality remarks: Assumed to be collected by Hornstedt in Java, but probably from the de Geer collection and received through the Dutch East India Company, possibly from Ambon /EIÅ, 2012

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