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Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Species: Coluber niveus  
Cat No: NRM 91. N=1
Determiner: Linnaeus, C 1758 Length: 975 mm TL (LGA) Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data, from court Marshal Carl de Geer's collection, most probably examined by C. Linnaeus, to NRM in 1778
Field Number: DE GEER Leg: Ex. Coll. de Geer Date:

Object remarks: HOLOTYPE ? Labels from Sparrman or Quensel, and from Dalman etc. Listed by L.G. Andersson (1899) p. 34. Linnaeus, 1758 refers to Mus. de Geer and Seba - formally this should be a syntype - there might even be a Seba spm. left somewere (cf. Boeseman, 1970)/EIĆ, 1993.
Locality remarks: After Carl de Geer's death in 1778 his widow the same year presented the greater part of his collections to the Academy of Science, of which NRM was a part.

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