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Sarcopteryx martyana

IUCN: least concern

Photo: (c) Rachel Platte, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rachel Platte (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1979

First collected

1985

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive

Where Bishop collected it

3 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1979 by Hyland, B. (Burdekin, Dotswood Holding). The Museum last collected it in 1985; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as November 16, 2025.

From the collection

Sarcopteryx martyana, 726733Sarcopteryx martyana, 724384

Alive today

9 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.