Testudo tentoria Bell, 1828 : p. 420

Nowak-Kemp, Małgosia & Fritz, Uwe, 2010, Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum, Zootaxa 2604 (1), pp. 1-19 : 16-17

Testudo tentoria Bell, 1828: p. 420 , plate XXIV

Current name: Psammobates tentorius ( Bell, 1828)

Holotype: OUM 8570 ( Bell Collection , Catalogue of Testudinata No. 5a; shell, SCL 10.8 cm, three scutes and anterior part of plastron missing).

Remarks: Bell (1828: p. 420) explicitly mentions that his description of Testudo tentoria was based on only one specimen in which “ the anterior lobe of the sternum is wanting ”. This specimen was figured also in the Monograph of the Testudinata (1832–1836: Part 7, plate 1, reproduced as plate IV in Sowerby & Lear 1872). Furthermore, the measurements of OUM 8570 agree with those given in Bell (1828: p. 420) so that there is no doubt that this is the holotype of Testudo tentoria .