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 Mauremys leprosa ( Schweigger 1812:298 ) Holotype : MNHN 1934 ( Loveridge & Williams 1957:195 ; Bour & Maran 1999:30 ; Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19 ; photographed in Bour & Maran 1999:25); erroneously listed as MNHN 7934 in Iverson (1992:143) . Emys lutescens Schweigger 1812:302 Holotype : Not located; MNHN according to Bour & Maran (1999:28) , apparently lost. Emys marmorea Spix 1824:13 Holotype : Not located, presumably once in ZSM ( Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:351 ); illustrated in the original description ( Pl. X ). Clemmys sigriz Michahelles 1829:1296 Holotype : Not located ( Bour & Maran 1999:28 ); although Gray (1873:36) reported a specimen of Emys sigriz in the BMNH (1858.6.1.45). Emys vulgaris Gray 1830:9 Syntypes (20+): including BMNH 1988.79; OUM 8482-88, 8762 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:12– 13 ; who identified 8482, 8484, 8488, and 8762 as Mauremys leprosa ; 8483, 8485, and 8487 as Mauremys rivulata ; and 8486 as Mauremys mutica ); and RMNH 3327 (actually M. rivulata ; Hoogmoed et al. 2010:11 , photographed therein). Plate 4 (top) in Gray (1831) was designated lectotype (iconotype) by Fritz & Wishuf (1997:244, 249). BMNH 1988.79 was erroneously listed as the holotype by Bour & Maran (1999:30 ; see also Fritz & Wishuf 1997:244, 249), apparently because the BMNH catalogue indicates that specimen as holotype . Emys laticeps Gray 1854:134 Syntypes (5): BMNH 1947.3.4.43 (formerly 1848.8.22.9),1947.3.4.44(formerly1848.8.22.6), 1947.3.4.46, 1947.3.5.38-39 (formerly 1848.8.22.7-8); Bour & Maran 1999:28 ). One of syntypes presumably illustrated in Gray (1856 : Pl. IX ). Emys fuliginosus Gray 1860:232 Holotype : BMNH 1947.3 .4.45 ( Bour & Maran 1999:29 ). Mauremys laniara Gray 1870:499 Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.22.52-53 (formerly 69.12.21.3-4; Bour & Maran 1999:29 ) . Emys flavipes Gray 1870:643 Syntypes (4 according to Gray 1870 , but only 3 specimens known): BMNH 1946.1.22.31, 1946.1.22.43, and unnumbered (formerly 1861.10.1.4, 1870.12.22.7, and 1859.5.11.2; Bour & Maran 1999:29 ). Emys fraseri Gray 1870:643 Syntypes ( 1 specimen according to Gray 1870 and Gray 1873:35 , but two specimens known): BMNH 1946.1.22.33-34 (formerly 1846.11.4.21- 22; Bour & Maran 1999:30 ). Emys marginata Gray 1873:36 Holotype : Not located; possibly in the BMNH . Mauremys leprosa atlantica Schleich 1996:32 Holotype : ZSM 35/1996 (photographed in the original description, p. 34, Pl. I, Fig. 1; Franzen & Glaw 2007:203 ); paratypes (3), ZSM 36/1996/1- 3 (photographed in the original description, p. 34– 35, Pl. I, Figs. 2–4; Franzen & Glaw 2007:203 ). Mauremys leprosa erhardi Schleich 1996:36 Holotype : ZSM 13/1996 (photographed in the original description, p. 38, Pl. II, Fig. 1; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ); paratypes (3), ZSM 14/1996/1-3 (photographed in the original description, p. 38–39, Pl. II, Figs. 2–4; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ). Mauremys leprosa marokkensis Schleich 1996:40 Holotype : ZSM 79/1994 (photographed in the original description, p. 46, Pl. IV, Fig. 1; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ); paratypes (7), ZFMK 52347-48, and 52971; and ZSM 80/1994/1- 4 (photographed in the original description, p.46–47, Pl. IV, Figs. 2–5; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ). Mauremys leprosa wernerkaestlei Schleich 1996:44 Holotype : ZSM 81/1994 (photographed in the original description, p. 42, Pl. III, Fig. 1; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ); paratypes (4), ZSM 82/1994/1-4 (photographed in the original description, p. 42–43, Pl. III, Figs. 2–5; Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ). Only four paratypes exist despite five being stated in the original description, and the numbers for the types are confused in the original description ( Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ). The holotype is photographed in Fig. 2b, not Fig.1 as stated in the original description ( Franzen & Glaw 2007:204 ).