A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines) Author Iverson, John B. text Megataxa 2022 2022-01-25 7 1 1 85 journal article 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 bd1f1932-a0fa-4daf-af9f-cc52c932ed40 2703-3090 5964441 Chersina angulata ( Schweigger 1812:321 ) Syntypes (2): Not designated, although in MNHN according to original description (see also Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19 ); a stuffed specimen received from the MNHN (SMF 7857) is not the specimen measured in Schweigger (1812) , but could be a syntype according to C. Crumly (pers. comm. to John Iverson; see also King & Burke, 1989:71 ); MNHN 4087 is the syntype measured by Schweigger (1812:360) , according to Bour (2008b:30) , who designated it as the lectotype (and photographed it), since the second syntype is lost. M. Hofmeyr took a tissue sample of 4087 ( Bour 2008b:32 ) for a genetic study in progress. Testudo bellii Gray 1828:2 Holotype : BMNH 2005.1631 (specimen c in Boulenger 1889:179 ; Bour 2008b:29 , who mistakenly listed the type as 2005.1641). Chersina angulata pallida Gray 1831:69 Holotype : Not located; possibly ZMH . Testudo sculpta Brandt in Gray 1856:12 Holotype : BMNH 1850.12.12 ( Gray 1873:14 ).