A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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Heosemys spinosa
(Gray 1830:8)
Syntypes
(2): presumably in the BMNH since it was illustrated in
Gray 1830a
:Pl. 77 as
EMYS SPINOSAE
(figure reproduced by Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz 2010:13
), but not identified as such in
Boulenger (1889:138)
; however,
Bourret (1941:159)
suggested that the type is specimen ācā in
Boulenger (1889:138)
; that is, BMNH 1862.8.28.1; and OUM 8517 (photographed in Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz 2010:14
).
Emys spinosae
Bell
in Gray 1830:Pl. 77
Syntypes
(2): OUM 8517 and BMNH 1862.8.28.1 (
Bourret 1941:159
; Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz 2010:12
).