A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Pelusios sinuatus
(Smith 1838:Plate 1)
Holotype
:
RSM
(now
NMSZ
) 1859.13.1684 (
FitzSimons 1937:261
; illustrated in Pl. X;
Broadley 1981b:654
), although
Herman
et al.
(1990:6)
listed NMSZ 1859.13.1686 as a possible
syntype
.
Pelusios sinuatus zuluensis
Hewitt 1927:371
Holotype
: NMB 609 (photographed in the original description, Pl. XXV, Fig. 1;
Broadley 1981b:655
);
paratype
(1, although based on a “series of specimens” in the original description), NMB 610 (
Broadley 1981b:655
).
Pelusios sinuatus bottegi
(Boulenger 1895:9)
Holotype
: MSNG CE2319 (
Capocaccia 1961:87
); illustrated in the original description (Pl. I–II).
Pelusios sinuatus leptus
Hewitt 1933:45
Holotype
:
PEM
R14960 (formerly unnumbered); photographed in the original description (Pl. 9, Figs. 1–2);
Broadley 1981b:656
);
paratypes
(3?, although
6 specimens
are recorded in the original description),
AMG
5432, 5794, and 6696 (
Broadley 1981b:656
).
Sternothaerus rudolphi
t
Arambourg 1947:461
Holotype
: MNHN P1933-9-449;
paratype
(1), MNHN 1933-9-448; types illustrated in the original description (Fig. 79–80; Pl. XXIV, Fig. 4; Pl. XXXV, Fig. 3) and in
Broin (1969
:Pl. XXV, Fig. 4).