Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By December 1824
Primary Source Reference:
Richard Harlan, "Description of a New Species of Scincus," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 286-288 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655404
Additional Source Text:
"Read December 21, 1824"
"Preserved in spirits in the Philadelphia Museum."
Notes:
Richard Harlan (1796-1843), M.D., was an American paleontologist, anatomist, and physician. He was appointed the Peale Museum's professor of comparative anatomy in April 1821.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Broadhead Skink
Current Scientific Name
Plestiodon laticeps
