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Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae
Species: Boa canina  
Cat No: NRM 8. N=1
Determiner: Linnaeus, C 1758 Length: 1440 mm TL(LGA) Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data. From King Adolf Fredrik's collection. Most probably examined by C. Linnaeus. Transfer to NRM in 1801.
Field Number: LIN Leg: Ex. Coll. Adolphi Friderici Date:

Object remarks: SYNTYPE ? Listed by L.G. Andersson (1899) p. 27. Previous labels from Dalman, Sundevall(?), Andersson, and Bergstr”m. Maybe this specimen should be regarded as a syntype if it is not designated lectotype since there is a reference in Linnaeus, 1758 also to Seba.
Locality remarks: Dates (material descr. by Linnaeus) predates 1754. Originally at Ulriksdals Castle. Transferred from Drottningholm Castle to KVA [=later NRM] in 1801.
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