Peltocephalus dumerilianus Schweigger 1812
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Peltocephalus dumerilianus Schweigger 1812:300
Holotype: Formerly in the MNHN, but apparently now lost; no paratypes designated. Fretey (1977:111) believed that the holotype of Emys dumeriliana was MNHN 7893, which he and Williams (1954) identified as Podocnemis unifilis, supposedly making Emys tracaxa Spix (1824:6) the next available name (e.g., Hoogmoed & Gruber, 1983:345). However, Pritchard & Trebbau (1984:89) showed that MNHN 7893 was a Podocnemis expansa, and not the holotype of dumerilianus, and Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:345) further clarified the synonymy of tracaxa and macrocephala. Finally, MNHN 8634 designated neotype by Bour (2006a:29, and photographed therein).
Emys macrocephala Spix 1824:5
Syntypes (3): RMNH 6164 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. IV; Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:347) and ZSM 15/0 and 17/0 (Franzen & Glaw 2007:207). RMNH 6164 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed and Gruber (1983:347); discussed by Pritchard & Trebbau (1984:89) and Hoogmoed et al. (2010:25–26).
Emys tracaxa Spix 1824:6
Syntypes (number uncertain, but one illustrated in the original description, Pl. V): only known syntype is ZSM 16/0, which was designated lectotype by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:347); see further comments in Pritchard & Trebbau (1984:89) and Franzen & Glaw (2007:207).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Schweigger
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Podocnemididae
- Genus
- Peltocephalus
- Species
- dumerilianus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Peltocephalus dumerilianus Schweigger, 1812 sec. Iverson, 2022
References
- Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.
- Fretey, J. (1977) Les cheloniens de Guyane francaise. 1. Etude preliminaire. Thesis, University of Paris. 202 pp.
- Williams, E. E. (1954) A key and description of the living species of the genus Podocnemis (sensu Boulenger) (Testudines, Pelomedusidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 111 (8), 279 - 295.
- Spix, J. B. (1824) Animalia Nova sive Species Novae Testudinum et Ranarum. Monachii, 53 pp.
- Hoogmoed, M. S. & Gruber, U. (1983) Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). Spixiana Supplement, 9, 319 - 415.
- Pritchard, P. C. H. & Trebbau, P. (1984) The Turtles of Venezuela. SocietyfortheStudyofAmphibiansandReptiles, Contributions in Herpetology, 2, 1 - 403.
- Bour, R. (2006 a) Types of Podocnemidae in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Emys, 13 (1), 27 - 40.
- Franzen, M. & Glaw, F. (2007) Type catalog of reptiles in the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen. Spixiana, 30, 201 - 274.
- Hoogmoed, M. S., Gasso Miracle, M. E. & van den Hoek Ostende, L. W. (2010) Type specimens of recent and fossil Testudines and Crocodylia in the collections of the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 84, 1 - 41.