A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Stigmochelys pardalis
(
Bell 1828:420
)
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl.
XXV
); probably originally in the
OUM
, but apparently lost, since not listed in Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz (2010)
.
Testudo biguttata
Cuvier 1829:10
Holotype
:
MNHN 9368.
Testudo bipunctata
Gray 1830:4
Holotype
:
MNHN 9368 (see also
Testudo biguttata
).
Testudo pardalis babcocki
Loveridge 1935:4
Holotype
: MCZ 40003 (
Barbour & Loveridge 1946:202
);
paratypes
(27 according to the original description,
13 in
the MCZ and
14 in
the
BMNH
),
FMNH
73482 (
Marx 1958:451
); and MCZ 7990, 18156-58, 18160, 30001-02, 31984-85, and 40004-05 (
Barbour & Loveridge 1946:202
). The
BMNH
catalogue lists no
paratypes
.