A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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journal article
10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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2703-3090
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Chelonoidis niger porteri
(Rothschild 1903:119)
Holotype
:
BMNH 1949.1
.4.38 (bones catalogued separately as
BMNH 1974.2464
; sampled genetically by
Poulakakis
et al.
2015
).
Testudo nigrita
Duméril & Bibron 1835:80
Syntypes
(2): MNHN 9313 and BMNH 1949.1.4.37; latter called type by
Günther (1875:268)
, recorded as such in the BMNH catalogue, and hence considered to be the
lectotype
; see also
Olson (2013:206)
.
Testudo planiceps
Gray 1854:12
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.5.3 (formerly 1848.4.6.3).
Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi (DeSola 1930:80)
Holotype
: CAS 8141 (
Slevin & Leviton 1956:551
).
Chelonoidis niger vicina (
Günther 1875:277
)
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.4.90 (formerly 1874.7.15.1);
illustrated in
Garman (1917
:Pl. 7).