Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827 : p. 400

Nowak-Kemp, Małgosia & Fritz, Uwe, 2010, Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum, Zootaxa 2604 (1), pp. 1-19 : 15

Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827: p. 400 , plate XVII: fig. 2

Current name: Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827

Syntype (1 specimen): OUM 8522 ( Bell Collection , Catalogue of Testudinata No. 18a; shell, SCL 19.7 cm).

Remarks: The name “ Homeana ” is credited by Bell (1827: p. 394) to his “ friend Mr. J. E. Gray ” who did not use this name in any earlier publication, which is why Bell (1827) should be regarded as the describer. OUM 8522 is the specimen figured in Bell (1827: plate XVII, fig. 2). Furthermore, its measurements agree with those given in Bell (1827: p. 401). We regard two other specimens of Kinixys homeana from Bell’s collection (OUM 8523-8524) not as further syntypes because Bell (1827: p. 394) explicitly mentions that at the time of the description only one K. homeana was in his possession. According to the original description, additional syntypes are in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London.