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Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Species: Homalopsis buccata  
Cat No: NRM 63. N=1
Determiner: Andersson, LG 1898 Length: 245 mm TL Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: From Charles de Geer's (1720-1778) collection, maybe examined by C. Linnaeus who visited the collection several times
Field Number: KVA-GEER Leg: Date: before 1778
SYNTYPE Coluber monilis Linnaeus, 1758
Object remarks: Listed by L.G. Andersson (1899) p. 34. Previous labels from Quensel, Dalman, Smitt, Andersson. Originally two specimens according to Hornstedt's and Quensel's catalogs. Not included in Swartz' catalogue. Syntype of Coluber monilis Linnaeus 1758. Identified by L G Andersson as Homalopsis buccata /EIÅ, 2000.
Locality remarks: After Charles de Geer's death in 1778 his widow the same year presented his collections to the Academy of Science - but without a list of content. Included are material from Daniel Rolander's journey to Suriname 1755-1756 as well as parts of Johan Albert Schlosser's (? - 1769) collection. / EIÅ, 2014

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