A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines) Author Iverson, John B. text Megataxa 2022 2022-01-25 7 1 1 85 journal article 20418 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 bd1f1932-a0fa-4daf-af9f-cc52c932ed40 2703-3090 5964441 3BD32BFF-0402-47FB-A9EE-FE08E260793D 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 ).