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 galeata Schoepff 1792:12 Syntypes (two):ZMUL 6481 and NRM7043; ZMUL 6481 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (2014:504, 508; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:509 ). NRM 7043 illustrated in the original description (Pl. III, Fig. 1) and reproduced in Rhodin & Carr (2009:4 ; though erroneously listed as the holotype ). Pentonyx capensis Duméril & Bibron 1835: 390 Syntypes (number uncertain): MNHN several; MNHN 9506 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504) ; illustrated in the original description; photographed in Bour (2009a:29) and Fritz et al. (2014:511); sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b) and Petzold et al. (2014) . Pelomedusa nigra Gray 1863:99 Syntypes (3, all sampled genetically by Fritz et al. 2014b): BMNH 1849.1.30.27; sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 ), 1947.3.5.80 (formerly 1862.12.4.4), and 1947.3.5.81 (formerly 1862.12.4.5). BMNH 1849.1.30.27 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504 ; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:516 ). Pelomedusa galeata orangensis Hewitt 1935:332 Holotype : KM, apparently now lost (photographed in Hewitt 1935 : Pl. XXXII ); paratypes (2) PEM 9404 and 9408 ( Fritz et al. 2014b:505 , who sampled them genetically). Pelomedusa galeata devilliersi Hewitt 1935:337 Holotype : PEM 14962 (photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:517 ; sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 and Fritz et al. 2014b ). Pelomedusa gehafie Rüppell 1835: 2 Syntypes (12): MCZ 42993 ( Barbour & Loveridge 1946:166 ; photographed in Fritz et al. 2015:278 ) and SMF 7947 (sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 ), 7948, 7949, 7953, 7960, 7961, 7962, and 33054; MNHN 7870 (= lectotype of P. g. disjuncta ) and 9398; and BMNH 1947.3.5.78 (formerly 1843.7.22.2; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:511 ). Only SMF 3197 recorded in Mertens (1922:169) . SMF 7947 designated lectotype by Mertens (1937:140 ; Mertens 1967:52 );photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:512 ). SMF 7947-48 and 33054 sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b) . Pelomedusa galeata var. disjuncta Vaillant & Grandidier 1910:56 Syntypes (3): MNHN 7870, 9398, 1902.346; MNHN 7870designatedlectotypebyFritz etal. (2014b:504; illustrated in the original description). Pelomedusa kobe Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014b:535 Holotype : ZSM 334/1978 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:53 , and Vetter 2018:144 ; sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 ); paratypes (11): ZMB 11741 and 11742, ZSM 285/1937:1- 3, 334/1978:2, and 96/1960:1-5 (photograph of 96/1960: 3 in Fritz et al. 2015:279 ). All paratypes but ZSM 285/1937:3 sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 ). Pelomedusa neumanni Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014b:537 Holotype : NMP6 V 74974 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:538 ) ; paratypes (3): NMW 24452; ZFMK 81951; and ZMB 28356. NMW and ZMB paratypes sampled genetically by Petzold et al. (2014) .