A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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2022-01-25
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Testudo hermanni
Gmelin 1789:1041
Holotype
:
MZUS 121; figured in
Schoepff (1792
: Pl.
VIII
); reproduced in
Bour (1987a:114
, Fig. 6) and
Bour (2001:20
, Pl. 6);
holotype
photographed in
Bour (1987a:114
, Fig. 7).
Testudo graeca bettai
Lataste 1881:396
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.4.54 (formerly 1920.1.20.814 and 1920.1.20.915, latter being an egg)(
Bour 1987a:116
).
Testudo hermanni robertmertensi
Wermuth 1952:162
Holotype
:
SMF
37468 (
Mertens 1967:52
); photographed in the original description (p. 161, Figs. 5–6);
paratypes
(14),
SMF
36232 plus 13 live specimens. Of the latter 13, only
SMF
36771 is known to exist (
Fritz
et al.
1994:169
).