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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Chersobius signatus
(Gmelin 1789:1043)
Holotype
:
Not located; possibly in the NRM, apparently lost since not listed in Anderson (1900). Plate labelled “Testud. Sign. var.” in
Walbaum (1782
; Fig. 1–2) was designated
lectotype
by
Bour (1998b:1)
and reproduced in that work.
Testudo cafra
Daudin 1801:291
Holotype
:
MNHN 7924; illustrated in
Oppel
(1811: 37–38; reproduced in
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:40
and 43); photographed in
Bour & Schmidtler (2014:40)
.
Testudo juvencella
Daudin 1801:380
Syntypes
(2 according to
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:42
): Not located; illustrated in
Oppel (1811
:Pl. 39; reproduced in
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39
).
Pseudomopus signatus peersi
Hewitt 1935:
345
Syntypes (2):
apparently in TM (Anon. 1958:128).