Specimen Z 15463 Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

• Taxon Name

  Boa constrictor

• Author and date of publication

  Linnaeus, 1758

• Identified By

  Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 100%, absolute, Medium: ethanol 100%, absolute

• Tissue Details

  Type: Muscle, Preservative: ethanol, absolute, Storage temperature: -80°C; Storage temperature: -80°C

• Date of preparation

  22/12/2010

• Tissue sampled from

  Museums Victoria specimen D 71456

• Collected By

  Unknown

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  DNA Laboratory

• Collecting Areas

  Tissue and DNA

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Reptilia

• Subclass

  Lepidosauria

• Order

  Squamata

• Suborder

  Ophidia serpentes

• Superfamily

  Henophidia boidea

• Family

  Boidae

• Genus

  Boa

• Species Name

  constrictor