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Kinosternon integrum LeConte 1854

Description

Kinosternon integrum LeConte 1854:183

Holotype: Not located, but Smith & Taylor (1950:25) suspected its presence in the ANSP, but it is not there (Malnate 1971).

Cinosternon rostellum Bocourt 1876:391

Holotype: MNHN 2112.

Cinosternon guanajuatense Dugés 1888: 107

Holotype: MNHN 2112 (also the type of C. rostellum).

Cinosternon scorpioides integrum mexicana Siebenrock 1907:579

Syntypes (number uncertain): possibly originally in the NMW, although no types were listed by Tiedemann et al. (1994:12), and none have been identified. However, NMW 1697 was collected by Steindachner in 1874 at the type locality (Grillitsch et al. 1996:93).

Kinosternon leucostomum Duméril & Bibron in Duméril & Duméril 1851:17

Syntypes (6): MNHN 2113, 2114 (formerly 8994), 9087 (formerly 8311), 9088 (formerly 8995), 9502, and one unnumbered specimen; MNHN 8311 (now 9087) designated lectotype by Stuart (1963:49). Only MNHN 2114, 9087 and 9088 are listed as syntypes in the MNHN catalogue.

Swanka maculata Gray 1869:182 (part)

Syntypes (originally 8 according to original description, but only 5 remaining; Stuart 1963:49; Smith & Smith 1980:80): BMNH 1946.1.22.25 (formerly 1862.6.6.1, = K. leucostomum); 1946.1.22.71-72 (formerly 1864.1.2.6.144-145, = K. leucostomum); and 1946.1.22.73-74 (formerly 1862.6.6.2-3, = K. acutum).

Cinosternum brevigulare Gunther 1885:17

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.22.38 (formerly 1860.6.17.24; illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVIII, Fig. A) and in Smith & Smith 1980:919).

Cinosternum cobanum Günther 1885:18

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.22.18 (formerly 1875.2.26.5) and 1946.1.22.19 (formerly 1880.11.20.18). One of syntypes illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVIII, Fig. B) and in Smith & Smith (1980:919).

Kinosternon mopanum Neill 1965:117

Holotype: MCZ 71635 (photographed in the original description, p. 118, Fig. 6); paratypes (2), WTN 1961-62. All types now lost (Iverson 1976:258).

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 pages 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Kinosternidae
Genus
Kinosternon
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1946.1
Order
Testudines
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
LeConte
Species
integrum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Kinosternon integrum LeConte, 1854 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Smith, H. M. & Taylor, E. H. (1950) An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. United States National Museum Bulletin, 199, 1 - 253. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.199
  • Malnate, E. V. (1971) A catalog of primary types in the herpetological collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 123 (9), 345 - 375.
  • Tiedemann, F., Haupl, M. & Grillitsch, H. (1994) Katalog der Typen der herpetologischen Sammlung nach dem stand vom 1. Janner 1994. Teil II. Reptilia. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 10 (Vertebrata 4), 1 - 102.
  • Grillitsch, H., Schleiffer, E. & Tiedemann, F. (1996) Katalog der Trockenpraparate der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Stand: 31. Dezember 1995. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 11 (Vertebrata 5), 1 - 137.
  • Stuart, L. C. (1963) A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Miscellaneous Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 122, 1 - 150.
  • Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [" 1979 "]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548
  • Iverson, J. B. (1976) The genus Kinosternon in Belize (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Herpetologica, 32, 258 - 262.