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Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae
Species: Micrurus lemniscatus  
Cat No: NRM 93. N=2
Determiner: Linnaeus, C 1758 Length: 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:
LECTOTYPE Coluber lemniscatus Linnaeus, C
Object remarks: Labels from Drottningholm (Coluber lemniscatus) and Dalman (Elaps lemniscatus). Quensel's Catalogue (1802): "51. lemniscatus Lin. p. 1110 Mus.A.Fr. 1:p.34 tab. 14 f.1. ubi lunbricus ad dimidram partem deglutium representatur Ad colores quod athnet optinei nostrum specimen figurne convenit / Asia / 1. 2. / M. Dh." According to Quensel's (1802), Swartz' (1809), and Dalman's (1824) catalogues there should be a total of three specimens of Coluber lemniscatus, but there are 6 specimens labeled as that species according to labels from Drottningholm or Quensel /EIÅ, 2009 Lectotype designated by Roze, 1989: 14. /EIÅ, 2014
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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