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Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994

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Description

Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994:4

Holotype: MCZ 176730 (photographed in the original description); paratypes (3), MCZ 17631 (sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. 2019), 17632 (photographed in the original description), and RMNH 10187 (illustrated in the original description).

Chelodina mccordi roteensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, & Hagen 2007:59

Holotype: AMNH 160132 (photographed in the original description (p. 59); sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. 2019); paratype (1), AMNH 160134.

Chelodina mcccordi timorensis McCord, Joseph-Ouni, & Hagen 2007:54

Holotype: AMNH 160135 (photographed in the original description, p. 54; sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. 2019); paratypes (2), two live specimens in McCord’s private collection (tissues deposited in the AMNH).

Chelodina mccordi timorlestensis Kuchling, Rhodin, Ibarrondo, & Trainor 2007:213

Holotype: WAM 165888 (photographed in the original description, p. 214, Fig. 1; photographed in Ellis & Georges 2015:56; sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. 2019); no paratypes designated.

Chelodina novaeguineae Boulenger 1888:450

Syntypes (2; Cogger et al. 1983:61): MSNG C.E. 8407 (Capocaccia 1961:86) and BMNH 1946.1.22.36 (formerly 1888.5.21.7; figured in Boulenger, 1889; plates V–VI, and reproduced in Cann 1998:61; photographed in Goode 1967:32). BMNH 1946.1.22.36 designated lectotype by Wells & Wellington (1985:8; photographed in Rhodin 1994:13); sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. (2019).

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F8788FF95FFFDD973FA7DFB0D212F

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5964441 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB6FFF0FF96FFFEDA59FB57FF95276A (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/038F8788FF95FFFDD973FA7DFB0D212F (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/193856610 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/20418/taxon/038F8788FF95FFFDD973FA7DFB0D212F.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH , RMNH
Material sample ID
RMNH 10187
Scientific name authorship
Rhodin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Chelidae
Genus
Chelodina
Species
mccordi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Chelodina mccordi Rhodin, 1994 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Rhodin, A. G. J. (1994) Chelid turtles of theAustralasianArchipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua New Guinea. Breviora, 497, 1 - 36.
  • Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P. D., Thomson, S. & Fritz, U. (2019) Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports, 9 (5841), 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / s 41598 - 019 - 42310 - x
  • Ellis, R. J. & Georges, A. (2015) An annotated type catalogue of the turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 30 (1), 52 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.18195 / issn. 0312 - 3162.30 (1). 2015.052 - 060
  • Boulenger, G. A. (1888) On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, (2) 6, 449 - 452.
  • Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E. & Cogger, H. M. (1983) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 313 pp.
  • Capocaccia, L. (1961) Catalogo dei tipi di rettili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 72, 86 - 111.
  • Boulenger, G. A. (1889) Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). Trustees of the Museum, London, 311 pp.
  • Cann, J. (1998) Australian Freshwater Turtles. Beaumont Publications, Singapore, 292 pp.
  • Goode, J. (1967) Freshwater Tortoises of Australia and New Guinea (in the Family Chelidae). Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 154 pp.
  • Wells, R. W. & Wellington, C. R. (1985) A classification of the amphibian and reptilian of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Service, 1, 1 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 113