Trachemys decorata
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Description
Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr 1940:409)
Holotype: MCZ 36862 (photographed in Seidel 1988:33); paratypes (20),MCZ 36851-54, 36855 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 9, Figs. 3–4), 36856-57, 36859-61, 36863 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 2, Fig. 7, and Pl. 7, Fig. 3), 36864-66 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:176–177; USNM 59093-96 and 81091 (Cochran 1961:234; Reynolds et al. 2007:18); and ZMB 38082 (formerly MCZ 36858, which was listed as a paratype by Barbour & Carr 1940:409 and Barbour & Loveridge 1946:176; Fritz et al. 1994:167).
Trachemys decussata (Bell in Griffiths & Pidgeon 1830:76)
Syntypes (at least 8): BMNH 1947.3.4.79 (photographed in Barbour & Carr 1940:Pl. 1; erroneously listed as holotype by Seidel 1988:27; King & Burke 1989:60, and Iverson 1992:206); OUM 8452-58 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:9).
Testudo rugosa (part) Shaw 1802:28
Holotype: RCSM 990 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 4; photographed in Barbour & Carr 1940:Pl. 1; see also Mittleman 1947:173). Mistakenly listed as “not designated” by Seidel (1988:23). See Trachemys terrapen.
Emys vermiculata Gray 1844:25
Holotype: Originally in the BMNH, but now lost (Seidel 1988:27).
Emys jamao Vilaró 1867:121
Holotype: Not designated (Seidel 1988:27).
Emys gnatho Vilaró 1867:204
Holotype: Not designated (Seidel 1988:27).
Pseudemys decussata plana Barbour & Carr 1940:405
Holotype: MCZ 34134 (illustrated in the original description, p. 405, Fig. 3; Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177); paratypes (7), MCZ 34128 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 5, and Pl. 8, Fig. 3), 34129-34131, 34132 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 8, Fig. 8), 34133 (illustrated in the original description; Pl. 8, Fig. 1), and 34135 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177).
Trachemys decussata angusta (Barbour & Carr 1940:402)
Holotype: MCZ 34340 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177); illustrated in the original description, p. 403, Fig. 2); paratypes (12), MCZ 33948, 34334-39, and 34341-45 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177). Fritz et al. (1994:168) reported that the MCZ catalog (presumably an error) indicates that ZMB 37776 (formerly MCZ 34346) is a paratype.
Pseudemys granti Barbour & Carr 1941:59
Holotype: MCZ 46045 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177; Seidel 1988:29); paratypes (5), MCZ 44854-57 and 46046 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946:177).
Trachemys dorbigni (Duméril & Bibron 1835:272)
Holotype: MNHN 9221 (photographed in Seidel 1989:1).
Pseudemys dorbignyi brasiliensis Freiberg 1969: 301
Holotype: MACN 23628; paratypes (8), INM 1, 2, 12, 13, and 14; MACN 23625-23627.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Emydidae
- Genus
- Trachemys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Testudines
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Barbour & Carr
- Species
- decorata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Trachemys decorata (Barbour, 1940) sec. Iverson, 2022
References
- Barbour, T. & Carr, A. F. Jr. (1940) Antillean terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 54 (5), 381 - 415.
- Seidel, M. E. (1988) Revision of the West Indian emydid turtles (Testudines). American Museum Novitates, 2918, 1 - 41.
- Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A. (1946) First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 96 (2), 132 - 179.
- 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
- 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.
- Nowak-kemp, M. & Fritz, U. (2010) Chelonian type specimens at the Oxford University Museum. Zootaxa, 2604, 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2604.1.1
- Shaw, G. (1802) General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Volume III, Part I, Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 312 pp.
- Mittleman, M. D. (1947) The allocation of Testudo rugosa Shaw. Herpetologica, 3, 173 - 176.
- Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1835) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Tome Second. Roret, Paris, 680 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45973
- Seidel, M. E. (1989) Trachemys dorbigni. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 486, 1 - 3.