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” from the collection of the Muséum National dHistoire naturelle, highlighting that the latter differ from Malagasy and South African individuals by separated pectoral scutes.
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: p. 56) assigned the terrapins with the separated pectorals to their new variety
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that specimens of Rüppells “
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” fitting this character are present in the holdings of the Paris Museum. Consequently, it is clear that the description of
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var.
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. In addition to Rüppells specimens,
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: p. 56) mention another terrapin collected by Vicomte Pierre Marie Robert Du Bourg de Bozas (18711902) as representing their new variety. Based on this information and locality data from the Paris Museum provided by Fernand Angel,
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: p. 480) restricted the type locality of
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to the “shore of Lake Abaya, Sidamo,
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”, where the specimen of Du Bourg de Bozas had been collected. However, this type locality restriction is invalid without
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ICZN 1999: Art. 76). The specimen in question is still present in the collection of the Muséum National dHistoire naturelle (MNHN 1902.346, “Bord du lac Abbay, Sidamo,
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status for
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221981EBDBFC24FF58" authorityName="Vaillant &amp; Grandidier" authorityYear="1910" box="[469,858,226,251]" class="Reptilia" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pelomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="galeata" variety="disjuncta">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221981EBDBFDC4FF58" box="[469,698,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pelomedusa galeata</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221AA0EBDBFC24FF58" box="[756,858,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Consequently, the latter taxon was based on
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and the type locality encompasses distinct localities, the shore of Lake Abaya, Sidamo,
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, and
<collectingCountry id="F3087606CF5E102218C3EA13FE75FEE0" box="[151,267,298,323]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Abyssinia</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingCountry id="F3087606CF5E10221941EA13FEFBFEE0" box="[277,389,298,323]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Abyssinia</collectingCountry>
can be more exactly identified with the eastern slope of the coastal mountains in present-day
<collectingCountry id="F3087606CF5E102218C3EA77FF98FEC4" box="[151,230,334,359]" name="Eritrea" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
, where
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E4B67CF5E10221917EA77FE95FEC4" author="Ruppell, E." box="[323,491,334,359]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" refId="ref13026" refString="Ruppell, E. (1835) Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig. Amphibien. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 18 pp., 6 plates. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53778" type="book" year="1835">Rüppell (1835</bibRefCitation>
: p. 3) discovered his specimens (see also above under
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<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221C39EA69FA4CFEC4" box="[1133,1330,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pentonyx gehafie</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E4B67CF5E10221D68EA77FFADFE28" author="Ruppell, E." pageId="14" pageNumber="515" refId="ref13026" refString="Ruppell, E. (1835) Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig. Amphibien. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 18 pp., 6 plates. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53778" type="book" year="1835">Rüppell, 1835</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA03696CF5E10221893EAAFFF8EFD6D" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,719]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">
The
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E102219DAEAAFFC63FE0C" authorityName="Vaillant &amp; Grandidier" authorityYear="1910" box="[398,797,406,431]" class="Reptilia" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pelomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="galeata" variety="disjuncta">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E102219DAEAAFFD08FE0C" box="[398,630,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pelomedusa galeata</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221AE3EAAFFC63FE0C" box="[695,797,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were not available for study. However, since mtDNA sequences could be produced for other type specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221B65EA82FC8BFE70" authorityName="Ruppell" authorityYear="1835" box="[817,1013,442,467]" class="Testudines" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pentonyx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gehafie">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221B65EA82FC8BFE70" box="[817,1013,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pentonyx gehafie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above), the identity of terrapins from the coastal mountain region of
<collectingCountry id="F3087606CF5E10221A1CEAE7FDEAFE54" box="[584,660,478,503]" name="Eritrea" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
could be clarified genetically. Therefore, we designate hereby the topotypic specimen MNHN 7870 from “
<collectingCountry id="F3087606CF5E10221A3AE93BFD9BFDB8" box="[622,741,514,539]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Abyssinie</collectingCountry>
”, being simultaneously a
<typeStatus id="54A48834CF5E10221C47E93BFBD4FDB8" box="[1043,1194,514,539]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" type="paralectotype">paralectotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221C82E93AFE44FD9C" authority="Ruppell, 1835" authorityName="Ruppell" authorityYear="1835" class="Testudines" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pentonyx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gehafie">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221C82E93AFAE2FDB8" box="[1238,1436,514,539]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pentonyx gehafie</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E4B67CF5E102218C3E91FFE44FD9C" author="Ruppell, E." box="[151,314,550,575]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" refId="ref13026" refString="Ruppell, E. (1835) Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig. Amphibien. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 18 pp., 6 plates. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53778" type="book" year="1835">Rüppell, 1835</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, as
<typeStatus id="54A48834CF5E10221932E91FFEB3FD9C" box="[358,461,550,575]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E102219A0E91FFBBDFD9C" authority="Vaillant &amp; Grandidier, 1910" authorityName="Vaillant &amp; Grandidier" authorityYear="1910" box="[500,1219,550,575]" class="Reptilia" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pelomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="galeata" variety="disjuncta">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E102219A0E91FFDA7FD9C" box="[500,729,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pelomedusa galeata</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221B47E91FFC04FD9C" box="[787,890,550,575]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">disjuncta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E4B67CF5E10221BD6E91FFBBDFD9C" author="Vaillant, L. &amp; Grandidier, G." box="[898,1219,550,575]" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" pagination="1 - 86" refId="ref13530" refString="Vaillant, L. &amp; Grandidier, G. (1910) Volume XVII. Histoire naturelle des reptiles. Premiere partie: Crocodiles et tortues. In: Grandidier, A. &amp; Grandidier, G. (Eds.), Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, pp. 1 - 86, plates 1 - 27." type="book chapter" year="1910">Vaillant &amp; Grandidier, 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. By this action, we associate the latter name unambiguously with a defined genetic lineage of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221B81E973FB20FDC0" box="[981,1118,586,611]" class="Reptilia" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pelomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221B81E973FB20FDC0" box="[981,1118,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pelomedusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus, if the distinct genetic lineage matching the name-bearing types of
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221ACDE949FC20FD24" authorityName="Ruppell" authorityYear="1835" box="[665,862,622,647]" class="Testudines" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pentonyx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gehafie">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221ACDE949FC20FD24" box="[665,862,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pentonyx gehafie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1F4D15CF5E10221BCDE957FA5DFD24" authorityName="Vaillant &amp; Grandidier" authorityYear="1910" box="[921,1315,622,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Pelomedusidae" genus="Pelomedusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Testudines" pageId="14" pageNumber="515" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="galeata" variety="disjuncta">
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221BCDE957FBFEFD24" box="[921,1152,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pelomedusa galeata</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221CE8E957FA5DFD24" box="[1212,1315,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be deemed taxonomically distinct, the latter name would be automatically a subjective junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B96BEA84CF5E10221D60E9AAFF94FD6C" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="515">Pentonyx gehafie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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