Kinosternon bauri palmarum Stejneger 1925

Kinosternon bauri palmarum Stejneger, 1925

[= Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891); fide, Iverson, 1978a:141]

Stejneger, 1925, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15(20):463.

Holotype: USNM 61065 (alcoholic adult female, CL 96 mm), collected by Charles A. Mosier, date unknown, cataloged 12 Aug 1918.

Type Locality: “Royal Palm State Park, Dade County, Florida” [Paradise Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida].

Paratypes: USNM 60579 (juvenile male shell, lost), collected by C. A. Mosier at the type locality, 6 Apr 1918; USNM 61331 (alcoholic juvenile, CL 24 mm), collected by C. A. Mosier at the type locality, 1918; USNM 69559 (alcoholic adult female, CL 93 mm), collected by C. A. Mosier at the type locality, 30 Oct 1918 (see “Remarks”).

Etymology: The name palmarum, is from the Latin palma, a palm tree, referring to the place of capture of the type specimen, Royal Palm State Park (see “Type Locality”).

Remarks: Stejneger (1925:463) clearly designated USNM 61065 as the type specimen. He did not designate any paratypes, but (p. 463) stated: “Three more specimens of this form, all collected at the same locality by C. A. Mosier, have been examined.” Cochran (1961:231) correctly listed USNM 69559 as a paratype but mistakenly listed USNM 60597 for USNM 60579. USNM 60579 was not present in the collection in Apr 2004 and is presumed lost. The third probable paratype, not listed by Cochran (1961), is USNM 61331. USNM 69559 was originally cataloged as FSM [= UF] 12766.