DESIGNATION OF A LECTOTYPE FOR CROCODILUS-SIAMENSIS SCHNEIDER, 1801 (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA)

Authors
ROSS CA MAYER GC BOUR R
Citation
Ca. Ross et al., DESIGNATION OF A LECTOTYPE FOR CROCODILUS-SIAMENSIS SCHNEIDER, 1801 (REPTILIA, CROCODYLIA), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108(2), 1995, pp. 298-301
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
108
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
298 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1995)108:2<298:DOALFC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Schneider (1801) named Crocodilus siamensis on the basis of three spec imens from Slam that were described and figured (but not named) in an earlier publication (Anon. 1688). None of the three specimens are know n to have been preserved. Cuvier (1807) considered the syntypical seri es composite and proposed the replacement name Crocodilus galeatus for one of the included species. Cuvier's (1807) replacement name is asse ssed and rejected as unjustified. In the interest of nomenclatural sta bility, a lectotype of C. siamensis Schneider is designated. The type locality of C. siamensis is shown to be Louvo, Slam (= Ayutthaya, Thai land).