Published January 25, 2022 | Version v1
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Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger 1907

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Description

Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger 1907:560

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.22.80-81 (formerly 1906.7.18.6-7; one illustrated in the original description, 2 Pls. btw. pp. 560–561, and reproduced by Hoogmoed & Crumly 1984: p. 249, Fig. 4), and 1947.3.5.4 (formerly 1933.11.11.1); Das (2009:3).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Boulenger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Indotestudo
Species
travancorica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger, 1907 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Hoogmoed, M. S. & Crumly, C. R. (1984) Land tortoise types in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie with comments on nomenclature and systematics (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 58, 241 - 259.
  • Das, I. (2009) The discovery of Indian turtles, with notes on publications, type localities and type repositories. ENVIS Bulletin, 12, 1 - 14.