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Kinixys erosa

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Description

Kinixys erosa (Schweigger 1812:321)

Syntypes (possibly 3): Not located; illustrated in Shaw (1802:Fig. 13; reproduced in Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1), and that illustration designated lectotype by Bour (2006e:8); possibly in the Mannheim Museum and LM according to R. Bour (2006e and pers. comm. to John Iverson).

Kinixys castanea Bell 1827:398

Syntypes (at least 3): OUM 8519-21 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:15). OUM8520 was illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVII; reproduced in Bour 2006e:9, Pl. 1). BMNH 1947.3.5.71 listed as a syntype in the BMNH catalogue (Bour 2006e:9), and designated as the lectotype by Boulenger (1889:143).

Kinixis denticulata Hallowell 1839:161

Holotype: Not located; type illustrated in the original description (Pl. VIII– IX).

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F8788FFA3FFCBDAD1FE7CFD9320CF

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5964441 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB6FFF0FF96FFFEDA59FB57FF95276A (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/3BD32BFF-0402-47FB-A9EE-FE08E260793D (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038F8788FFA3FFCBDAD1FE7CFD9320CF (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/193856416 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/20418/taxon/038F8788FFA3FFCBDAD1FE7CFD9320CF.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
IX
Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Kinixys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Schweigger
Species
erosa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.
  • Shaw, G. (1802) General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Volume III, Part I, Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 312 pp.
  • Bour, R. (2006 e) Le genre Kinixys Bell: histoire nomenclaturale et taxinomique. Cheloniens, 3, 8 - 15.
  • Nowak-kemp, M. & Fritz, U. (2010) Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum. Zootaxa, 2604, 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2604.1.1
  • Boulenger, G. A. (1889) Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the Museum, London, 311 pp.