Emys speciosa var. levigata Gray, 1831: p. 26

Nowak-Kemp, Małgosia & Fritz, Uwe, 2010, Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum, Zootaxa 2604 (1), pp. 1-19 : 9

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2604.1.1

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scientific name

Emys speciosa var. levigata Gray, 1831: p. 26
status

 

Emys speciosa var. levigata Gray, 1831: p. 26

Current name: Glyptemys insculpta (Le Conte, 1830)

Holotype: OUM 8489 View Materials ( Bell Collection , Catalogue of Testudinata No. 27a; shell, SCL 18.9 cm, bears small label with number “175”; also syntype of Emys speciosa Gray, 1831 ).

Remarks: Gray (1831a: p. 26) is explicit in mentioning that he has seen his variety levigata only in Bell’s collection. We assume that OUM 8489 is the only specimen on which the description was based. It has been regarded as the type of Emys speciosa var. levigata at least since 1955.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Emydidae

Genus

Emys

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