Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863: p. 183
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2604.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F1387BA-FF86-F936-FF34-FA5CEAACF9A8 |
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Felipe |
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Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863: p. 183 |
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Rhinoclemys bellii Gray, 1863: p. 183
Current name: Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)
Holotype: OUM 8510 View Materials ( Bell Collection , Catalogue of Testudinata No. 28a; whole, stuffed specimen, SCL 17.3 cm, bears small, hardly legible label with number “6” or “8”).
Remarks: Gray (1863b: p. 183) based his description on the specimen figured in Bell’s (1832–1836) Monograph of the Testudinata as Emys scabra . This turtle is now catalogued as OUM 8510.
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