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COLLECTION REPORT
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Order: Squamata
Family: Viperidae
Species: Cerastes cerastes  
Cat No: NRM 98. N=1
Determiner: Linnaeus, C 1758 Length: Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa Country: EGYPT State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: Nile delta, Rashid
Field Number: LIN/H-1750JUL03 Leg: Hasselquist, F Date: 7 Jul 1750
SYNTYPE Coluber cerastes Linnaeus, 1758
Object remarks: Head + anterior part. Linnaeus (1758) refers to Hasselqvist (1751:27-28 and 1757:315, n. 61) + Belon (Clusius), 1605 which makes it a syntype. Listed by Andersson (1899:28-29. Previously in one jar with NRM 99. /EIÅ, 2011 & 2013
Locality remarks: Locality updated from Rosette. No collecting data on labels - all data from Hasselquist, Iter Palaestinum, p. 70-72; 315-322. Previously included in King Adolf Fredrik's collection. Transferred from Drottningholm Castle to KVA [=later NRM] in 1801.

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