Eretmochelys imbricata
Creators
Description
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766:350)
Holotype: UPSZTY (formerly UUZM) 130, according to Smith & Smith (1980:280) and Cogger et al. (1983:72) with hesitancy, although Wallin (1985:128) indicated that no type material still exists. However, Wallin (1985:128; 2001:126) demonstrated that Linnaeus’ concept of Testudo imbricata was confused with Testudo (now Caretta) caretta and perhaps Testudo (now Chelonia) mydas; UPSZTY 130 is a Chelonia mydas (Wallin 2001:126).
Testudo nasicornis Bonnaterre 1789:21
Holotype: Not located (Cogger et al. 1983:72), but illustrated in the original description (Pl. 13, Fig. 3), and illustration designated holotype by TTWG (2009:341, comment 9.7).
Chelonia pseudomydas Lesson 1831:299
Holotype: Not designated (Cogger et al. 1983:72), possibly MNHN.
Chelonia pseudocaretta Lesson 1831:302
Holotype: Not designated (Cogger et al. 1983:72), possibly MNHN.
Caretta bissa (Ruppell 1835:4)
Syntypes (at least 2): SMF 3183 (Mertens 1922:169) and 7886; SMF 7886 designated as lectotype by Mertens (1967:52).
Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz 1857:382
Syntypes (2): MCZ 1415-16; MCZ 1416 designated lectotype by Smith & Taylor (1950:17).
Caretta squamosa Girard 1858:442
Holotype: Not located; presumably in the USNM, but not listed by Cochran (1961) or Reynolds et al. (2007).
Caretta rostrata Girard 1858:446
Syntypes (2): USNM 257185 (formerly USNM Osteo 12387) and 257186 (formerly UNSM Osteo 12388)(Cochran 1961:228; Reynolds et al. 2007:10).
Onychochelys kraussi Gray 1873:398
Syntypes (2): BMNH 1947.3.4.37 (formerly 1873.3.13.4) and 1947.3.5.43 (formerly 1873.3.13.3)(Cogger et al. 1983:72). Note that Gray (1873:93) reported only a single BMNH specimen of this taxon: 1873.3.13.2.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Eretmochelys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Testudines
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- imbricata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) sec. Iverson, 2022
References
- Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [" 1979 "]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548
- 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.
- Wallin, L. (1985) A survey of Linnaeus's material of Chelone mydas, Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia, Cheloniidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85, 121 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1985. tb 01501. x
- Wallin, L. (2001) Catalogue of type specimens. 4. Linnaean specimens. Museum of Evolution, Zoology Section, Uppsala University, 128 pp.
- Bonnaterre, P. - J. (1789) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature. Erpetologie. Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, Paris, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660
- Mertens, R. (1922) Verzeichnis der Typen in der herpetologischen Sammlung des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana, 4, 163 - 183.
- Mertens, R. (1967) Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur- Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt a. M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 48, 1 - 106.
- Agassiz, L. (1857) Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classification. Part II. North American Testudinata. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, pp. 1 - 452.
- Smith, H. M. & Taylor, E. H. (1950) An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. United States National Museum Bulletin, 199, 1 - 253. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.199
- Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220
- Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626
- Gray, J. E. (1873) Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum. British Museum, London, 124 pp.