Emys dhor Gray, 1831

Nowak-Kemp, Małgosia & Fritz, Uwe, 2010, Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum, Zootaxa 2604 (1), pp. 1-19 : 11

Emys dhor Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: p. 8 = Emys dentata Gray, 1831 : Errata

Current name: Cyclemys dentata (Gray, 1831)

Paralectotypes (3 specimens): OUM 8512 (Bell Collection, Catalogue of Testudinata No. 24a; shell, SCL 19.9 cm, bears small label with number “110”, also syntype of Cyclemys orbiculata Bell, 1834 ); OUM 8513 (Bell Collection, Catalogue of Testudinata No. 24b; shell, SCL 19.1 cm, bears small label with number “111”; also holotype of Cyclemys bellii Gray, 1863 and syntype of Cyclemys orbiculata Bell, 1834 ); OUM 8867 (Bell Collection; shell, SCL 5.6 cm; also syntype of Cyclemys orbiculata Bell, 1834 ).

Remarks: The name of Emys dhor was corrected by Gray (1831a) in the Errata of his Synopsis Reptilium (Cataphracta) to Emys dentata and this was accepted by most later authors, so that Emys dhor should be regarded as nomen oblitum. Fritz et al. (1997) designated BMNH 1946.1.22.62 as lectotype of Emys dentata . From Gray (1831a: p. 20) it may be concluded that several specimens from Bell’s collection served for the description of this species. Consequently, we regard the three specimens still present in the original Bell Collection as paralectotypes. Further paralectotypes are in the Natural History Museum, London, and in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis in Leiden (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; see also Hoogmoed et al. 2010).