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Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848

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Description

Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848:647

Syntypes (2): ZMB 142 (2 specimens; Fritz et al. 1994:163); not lost as reported by King & Burke (1989:137–138), and Iverson (1992:77). ZMB 142 designated lectotype by Vogt et al. (2013:35), but not clear which specimen.

Emys cayennensis Schweigger 1812:298

Syntypes (2): MNHN 7893 and 8359; MNHN 8359 (Ceríaco& Bour2012:19)designated lectotype by Bour (2006a:33, and both syntypes photographed therein, p. 30–31). Fretey (1977) erroneously listed MNHN 4152 as holotype of E. cayennensis, and that specimen was erroneously designated lectotype of cayennensis by Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:343); it is a Podocnemis expansa (Bour 2006a:32; photographed therein).

Testudo terekay Humboldt 1819:243

Holotype: Not located; discussed by Vogt et al. (2013:34).

Chelys (Hydraspis) lata Bell in Gray 1830:17.

Holotype: Not located; possibly OUM, apparently lost.

Podocnemis tracaya Coutinho 1868:149

Holotype: Not located.

Emys quadripunctata Lidth de Jeude in Gray 1873: 74

Holotype: BMNH 1866.8.14.223 (see original description).

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 15, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Troschel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Podocnemididae
Genus
Podocnemis
Species
unifilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Fritz, U., Obst, F. & Gunther, R. (1994) Kritischer Typen- Katalog der Schildkrotensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie Berlin, 70 (1), 157 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19940700110
  • King, F. W. & Burke, R. L. (1989) Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Association of Systematics Collections, Washington, D. C., 216 pp.
  • Iverson, J. B. (1992) A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately printed, Richmond, Indiana, 363 pp.
  • Vogt, R. C., Thomson, S. A., Rhodin, A. G. J., Pritchard, Mittermeier, R. A. & Baggi, N. (2013) Case 3587. Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia, Testudines): proposed precedence over Emys cayennensis Schwiegger, 1812. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 70, 33 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.21805 / bzn. v 70 i 1. a 8
  • Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.
  • Ceriaco, L. M. P. & Bour, R. (2012. Schweigger's (1812) chelonian types from the extinct eighteenth century Portuguese " Royal cabinet of natural history of Ajuda ": some contributions for their identification and nomenclatural implications. Zootaxa, 3395, 18 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3395.1.2
  • Bour, R. (2006 a) Types of Podocnemidae in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Emys, 13 (1), 27 - 40.
  • Fretey, J. (1977) Les cheloniens de Guyane francaise. 1. Etude preliminaire. Thesis, University of Paris. 202 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.
  • Gray, J. E. (1873) Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum. British Museum, London, 124 pp.