A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
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Mauremys reevesii
(Gray 1831:73)
Syntypes
(2):
BMNH
1947.3.5.31-32
.
Emys vulgaris picta
Schlegel 1844:127
Syntypes
(3):
RMNH 3330
A-B (photographed in
Hoogmoed
et al.
2010:15
); the third
syntype
is not in the
RMNH, but might be MNHN 1954 according to
Hoogmoed
et al.
(2010:15)
.
Emys japonica
Duméril & Bibron
in Duméril & Duméril 1851:8
Holotype
:
MNHN 4096.
Damonia unicolor
Gray 1873:78
Syntypes
(4):
BMNH
1946.1.22.46-47 (formerly 1876.6.12.1-2), 1947.3.4.11 (formerly 1873.6.21.4), and 1947.3.5.31
.
Geoclemys grangeri
Schmidt 1925:1
Holotype
:
AMNH 23481; no
paratypes
designated.
Geoclemys paracaretta
Chang 1929:1
Holotype
:
MBLSSC 134.
Chinemys megalocephala
Fang 1934:158
Holotype
:
Not located; originally a living specimen in the MMNHN; illustrated in the original description (p. 159, Fig. 6).
Chinemys pani
t
Tao 1985:45
Holotype
:
Private
collection of Chang-Wu
Pan
,
Tainan
,
Taiwan
; illustrated in the original description (Figs. 2–4 and 1–3A).
NTUM
R0001
is a cast of the
holotype
.
Mauremys rivulata
(Valenciennes in Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833:Plate 9)
Syntypes
(6): MNHN 1930, 1930A, 4094, 4095, 9491, and 9492. MNHN 1930 listed as
holotype
by Fritz & Wishchuf (1997:244).
Emys tristami
Gray 1869:190
Holotype
:
BMNH
1947.3.5.37 (formerly 1864.8.23.156);
Gray (1873:35)
;
Fritz & Wischuf (1997:244)
.
Emys caspica
var.
arabica
Gray 1870:36
Holotype
:
BMNH
1946.1.22.48 (formerly 1864.8.25.51;
Gray 1873:34
);
Fritz & Wischuf (1997:244)
; although
Boulenger (1889:104)
listed
two syntypes
.
Emys pannonica
Gray 1870:36
Syntypes
(3):
BMNH 1946.1
.22.29 (formerly 1866.6.15.10), 1946.1.22.37, and 1946.1.22.42
;
BMNH 1946.1
.22.37 designated
lectotype
by
Fritz & Wischuf (1997:244)
.
Clemmys caspica orientalis
Bedriaga 1882:335
Syntypes
(2): Not located (apparently originally in Bedriaga’s private collection but apparently lost;
Fritz & Wischuf 1997:245
).
Clemmys caspica obsoleta
Schreiber 1912:946
Syntypes
(number uncertain): Not located (apparently originally in Schreiber’s private collection but apparently lost;
Fritz & Wischuf 1997:245
).
Clemmys caspica cretica
Mertens 1946:115
Holotype
:
SMF
36396 (
Mertens 1967:51
); photographed in the original description, p. 116– 117, Fig. 1–3);
paratypes
(4),
SMF 36392-93
,
36728
, and unnumbered (1).