Herpetology Specimen
| Scientific Name: | Platysternon megacephalum |
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| Common Name: | Big-headed Turtle |
| Type Status | |
| Class: | REPTILIA |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Platysternidae |
| Continent / Ocean: | Asia |
| Country: | Laos |
| Count: | 1 |
| First Division: | Savannakhet |
| Second Division: | Vilabouli |
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| Nature of Specimen: | Ethanol |
| Locality: | Sepon Mining Tenement, Ban Saloung Village |
| Locality Remarks: | Alive in village resident's house. Reported to have been recently caught in stream near village. |
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| Lat/Long: | 16.9771 106.17 |
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| Locality Remarks: | Alive in village resident's house. Reported to have been recently caught in stream near village. |
| Collector(s): | Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay |
| Field number: | BLS 12785 |
| Collection Date(s): | 3 December 2008 |
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| Previous Accessions Number | |
| Accession Number | 12461 |
| Status | In Collections |
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| Received From | Bryan L. Stuart |
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| Cataloger | WMP |
| Year Cataloged | 2009 |
| Geodetic Datum | WGS84 |
| Georeference Sources | GPS |
LOADING PHOTOS
- Bryan Stuart, PhD – Research Curator
bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org – 919.707.8861 - Jeffrey Beane – Collections Manager
jeff.beane@naturalsciences.org – 919.707.8864