A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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Centrochelys sulcata
(
Miller 1779
:Fig. XXVI)
Holotype
:
Not located (
Bour 2013b
; illustrated in the original description, Fig. XXVI, and reproduced in Gasperetti
et al.
1993:315 and
Bour 2013b:20
); although
ZSM
2753/0 has the notation ‘lectotype’ in the museum’s species catalog; however, this number is
three juveniles
of
Geochelone denticulata
according to C. Crumly (pers. comm. to John Iverson).
Testudo calcarata
Schneider 1784:317
Holotype
: Not located; illustrated in
Miller (1779
:
Pl. 26).
Testudo radiata senegalensis
Gray 1831:11
Holotype
: Not located; possibly in the MNHN.
Testudo schoepfii
Rüppell
in
Gray 1873:
13
Holotype
: Not located; possibly in the BMNH (
Gray 1873:13
).