A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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Chelonoidis denticulatus
(Linnaeus 1766:352)
Syntypes
(2): UUZM unnumbered (illustrated in
Schoepff 1792
:Pl. XVIII, Fig. 1) and MRM unnumbered (formerly MDG 21;
Andersson 1900:25
, where it was erroneously listed as “
holotype
”); both apparently lost since listed by
Thunberg (1828:49)
, but not by
Holm (1957)
or
Wallin (2001)
.
Testudo tabulata
Walbaum
in Schoeppf 1793:56
Syntypes
: UPSZTY 281–283 (formerly UUZM 281– 283 and MGA 50–52;
Wallin 2001:127
); listed by
Thunberg (1828:50)
and
Wallin (2001:127)
; illustrated in Schoepff (1793:Pl. XII, Fig. 2; Pl. XIII–XIV).
Testudo hercules
Spix 1824:20
Holotype
or
Syntypes
: Not located; presumably once in the
ZSM
(
Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353–54
)
;
one type
illustrated in the original description (Pl.
XIV
)
.
Testudo sculpta
Spix 1824:21
Syntypes
(5, but only 4 located;
Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353
): ZSM 2753/0/1-3 and 2738/0 (
Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353
;
Franzen & Glaw 2007:208
); ZSM 2738/0 illustrated in the original description, Pl. XV; ZSM 2753/0/1 designated
lectotype
by
Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:354)
.
Testudo cagado
Spix 1824:23
Holotype
:
Not located (
Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:354
);
one type
illustrated in the original description (Pl.
XVII
).