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Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863
Also calledSpeke se Skarnierskilpad (afr) · Spekes-Gelenkschildkröte (deu) · Testuggine a cerniera posteriore di Spek (ita) · lapos zsanérteknős (hun) · Østlig Savanne-ledskildpadde (dan) · želva Spekeova (ces) · سلحفاة سبيك مفصلية الظهر (ara) · スピークセオレガメ (jpn) · 斑紋折背龜 (zho)
First described in: Gray, J. E. Notice of a new species of Kinixys and other tortoises from Central Africa.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Holotype: BMNH 1947.3. 5.74 (formerly 1863.8.11.8). Kinixys darlingi Boulenger 1902: 15 Holotype: BMNH 1946.1. 22.60 (formerly 1902.2.12.1; illustrated in the original description, Pl. IV); no paratypes designated. Testudo procterae Loveridge 1923: 928 Holotype: BMNH 1946.1. 22.59 (formerly 1923.10.9.102); paratype (1), no located but not in BMNH. Kinixys australis Hewitt 1931: 477 Syntypes (number uncertain, although apparently originally in the AMG and TMP; some may have been destroyed in the 1941 fire in the AMG; Broadley 1981 a: 212); those photographed in the original description [Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 4 – 6] do not match existing specimens (Broadley 1981 a: 212). AMG 78 C designated lectotype by Broadley (1981 a: 212; illustrated therein p. 213, Fig. 11), who identified five syntypes in the AMG (one numbered AMG 1295). Kinixys jordani Hewitt 1931: 482 Syntypes (2): Apparently in the AMG; photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVII, Figs. 7 – 9). Kinixys youngi Hewitt 1931: 486 Syntypes (3): Apparently in the AMG; photographed in the original description (Pl. XXXVII, Figs. 10 – 11). Kinixys australis mababiensis Fitzsimons 1932: 37 Holotype: TMP 14689 (formerly VLKE 1344; A
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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Every page naming Kinixys spekii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441685.