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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Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff 1793:64)
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl.
XV
).
Testudo concentrica
Shaw 1802:43
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in the original description (Fig. 9, top).
Testudo ocellata
Link 1807:52
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in Bechstein (1800:Pl. 4, Fig. 2).
Emys concentrica polita
Gray 1830:11
Syntypes
(number uncertain): only one located;
OUM 8475
(Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz 2010:8
).
Testudo palustris
LeConte 1830:113
Holotype
:
Not located; possibly originally in the ANSP, but not listed by
Malnate (1971)
.
Emys macrocephalus
Gray 1844:26
Holotype
:
Not located, but apparently in the
BMNH
and now lost (
Ernst
&
Bury
1982:3
).