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 Pelomedusa olivacea ( Schweigger 1812:307 ) Holotype : MNHN 7971 ( Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19 ; Fritz et al. 2014b:504 ); illustrated in Oppel (1811 : Pl. 25; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:31 ); photographed in Bour (2009a:28) and Bour & Schmidtler (2014:23) . Pelomedusa gasconi Rochebrune 1884:25 Holotype : Not designated (see Loveridge 1941:480 ), although illustrated in the original description, Pl. I, Figs. 1–2; ZFMK 17076 designated as neotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504 ; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:516 ; sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 and Fritz et al. 2014b ). Pelomedusa schweinfurthi Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014b:539 Holotype : SMF 56161 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:538 , and Vetter 2018:144 ); paratypes (3): SMF 56160 and 56162; and ZMB 15697. All types sampled genetically by Petzold et al. (2014) . Pelomedusa somalica Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014:540 Holotype : BMNH 1970.1481 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:541 ); paratypes (5), BMNH 1931.7.20.412-414 and 1931.8.1.177; and NMW 24449 (sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 ). Pelomedusa subrufa ( Bonnaterre 1789:28 ) Holotype : MNHN7970( Fritz et al. 2014b:504 ); illustrated in Lacepède (1788 :opp. p. 173); photographed in Bour 2009a:27 and Fritz et al. 2014b:507 ); sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b) . Testudo planitia Meuschen 1778:11 Holotype : Not located. Testudo subrufa Lacepède 1788:173 Holotype : MNHN 7970 ( Fritz et al. 2014b:504 ); illustrated in the original description (opp. p. 173); photographed in Bour 2009a:27 and Fritz et al. 2014b:507 ); sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b) . Pentonix americana Cornalia 1849:13 Holotype : MSNM unnumbered (destroyed in WWII ; Fritz et al. 2014b:513 ). Pelomedusa galeata damarensis Hewitt 1935: 338 Syntypes (2; both sampled genetically by Fritz et al. 2014b): PEM R14953 and R 14954; PEM R14953 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504 ; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:517 ; sampled genetically by Fritz et al. 2014b and Petzold et al. 2014 ). Pelomedusa subrufa wettsteini Mertens 1937:141 Holotype : SMF 7958 ( Mertens 1967:52 ); photographed in Fritz et al. (2014b:518) ; paratypes (4 according to the original description), presumably in the SMF . Pelomedusa variabilis Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014:543 Holotype : SMF 58075 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:541 ); paratypes (10): MTD T 33818- 33819 and 35041, BMNH 1863.3 .27.1 and 1927.8.27.240-242, and ZFMK 47521-547523 .