Kinosternon oaxacae Berry & Iverson 1980:313

Holotype: UCM 48857 (photographed in the original description, p. 315, Fig. 1); paratypes (7), AMNH 88884 (photographed in the original description, p. 315, Fig. 1); KU 38209-11, 87296, and 137680 (latter photographed in Smith & Smith 1980:921); UIMNH 9975.

Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus 1766:352)

Holotype: Not located; possibly UUZM or NRM, but lost according to Smith & Smith (1980:91).

Testudo tricarinata Retzius in Schoepff 1792:9

Holotype: UPSZTY 284 (formerly UUZM 284 and MGA 53; Thunberg 1810:6, 1828:50; Holm 1957:58; and Wallin 2001:127); illustrated in the original description (Pl. II).

Testudo retzii Daudin 1801:174

Holotype: UPSZTY 284 (see Testudo tricarinata).

Kinosternon longicaudatum Spix 1824:17

Syntypes (2): ZSM 2375 /0 and 3000/0 (Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353; Franzen & Glaw 2007:206); ZSM 2375/0 is likely the specimen illustrated in the original description, Pl. XII (Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353). ZSM 2375/0 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:353).

Kinosternon brevicaudatum Spix 1824:18

Holotype: Not located; presumably once in the ZSM (Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353); illustrated in the original description (Pl. XIII).

Kinosternon shavianum Bell 1825:302

Holotype: Not located; originally in the OUM, but not listed by Nowak-Kemp & Fritz (2010).

Cinosternum scorpioides integrum brasilana Siebenrock 1907:579

Holotype: Not located; possibly in the NMW, but not listed by Tiedemann & Grillitsch (1999).

Kinosternon scorpioides pachyurum Müller & Hellmich 1936:100

Syntypes (4): ZSM 129/1928/1-2 and 128/1928a-b (Franzen & Glaw 2007:206); ZSM 128/1928a destroyed during World War II (Hellmich 1958; Crumly 1984).

Kinosternon scorpioides seriei Freiberg 1936:169

Holotype: MACN 1247 (female; illustrated, p. 170, and photographed in the original description, Pl. btw. pp. 170–71); paratypes (2), MACN 1247 (male) and 1248.

Kinosternon panamensis Schmidt 1946:5

Holotype: USNM 117369 (formerly MCZ 7996; Cochran 1961:232; Reynolds et al. 2007:28); paratypes (9), MCZ 18930, 24957, 27919, 31486-89; USNM 7864 and 117370 (originally MCZ 7996; Cochran 1961:232; Reynolds et al. 2007:28).

Kinosternon scorpioides carajasensis da Cunha 1970:1

Holotype: MPEG 15.