Emys hamiltonii Gray, 1831
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F1387BA-FF81-F931-FF34-F959ED84F818 |
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Felipe |
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Emys hamiltonii Gray |
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Emys hamiltonii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: p. 9
Current name: Geoclemys hamiltonii (Gray, 1831)
Syntype ( 1 specimen): OUM 8477 View Materials ( Bell Collection , Catalogue of Testudinata No. 34a; whole, dried specimen, SCL 7.1 cm).
Remarks: King & Burke (1989) list BMNH 1947.3.4.41 as holotype; however, this specimen should rather be regarded as syntype since it is clear that Gray (1831a: p. 72) had studied specimens from the collections of the “ British Museum [= the Natural History Museum, London] and Mr. Bell’s ”. The dimensions of OUM 8477 agree with the ones given in Gray’s ( loc. cit.) description.
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