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Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Species: Varanus niloticus  
Cat No: NRM 9185. N=1
Determiner: Unknown Length: 130 cm TL Preparation: Skin
Continent/Ocean: Africa Country: State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data - probably from Egypt or Sudan
Field Number: HED-1837JUN03 Leg: Hedenborg, J Date: 1833-1837

Object remarks: Mounted on wooden block. Label:'Monitor niloticus.(Varanus dracaena)'. /LT, 1997. Possibly a Linnaean type specimen /EIÅ, 2007. Seems to be identical with a specimen received from Hedenborg in 1837. However a Chelonia, a Crocodile and a Boa seems to be mounted very similar, and they all looks older. Not found in Hedemborg's notebooks for 1834-1836 /EIÅ, 2012
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