Kinosternon flavescens ( Agassiz 1857:430 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 45

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scientific name	Kinosternon flavescens ( Agassiz 1857:430 )
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Treatment

Kinosternon flavescens ( Agassiz 1857:430)

Syntypes (5): MCZ 1918( Barbour&Loveridge 1946:173; formerly USNM 61; Reynolds et al. 2007:29), 1919 ( Barbour & Loveridge 1946:173; formerly USNM 83 ( Reynolds et al. 2007:29); USNM 50, 86 (now lost; Reynolds et al. 2007:29), 7892 (formerly USNM 68; possibly a misidentified K. sonoriense ; Reynolds et al. 2007:29), 131823 (formerly USNM 51, and later USNM 7867; Reynolds et al. 2007:29). The confused history of the syntypes is detailed in Reynolds et al. (2007:29). USNM 50 designated lectotype by Iverson (1978:478).

Kinosternon flavescens spooneri Smith 1951:195

Holotype: INHS 4244; paratypes (23), CHAS 15687; FMNH 37992-93 (only 37992 reported by Marx 1958:450); INHS 3220-22, 4245, 5587-89, 5898, 5987-88, and 6010-11; UIMNH 2252-56 ( Smith et al. 1964:36 omitted 2254); UMMZ 74654 and 103089 ( Kluge 1984:81); USNM 83190 ( Cochran 1961:232; Reynolds et al. 2007:27).

References

Abbreviations

FMNH	Field Museum of Natural History
UIMNH	University of Illinois, Museum of Natural History
UMMZ	University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudines
Family	Kinosternidae
Genus	Kinosternon