Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther 1885:4)
Syntypes (8, although Boulenger 1889:82 only listed 7; illustrated in the original description (Pl. VI, Fig. B) and in Smith & Smith 1980:924): BMNH 1946.1.22.39 (formerly perhaps 1848.7.28.23), 1947.3.5.19 (formerly 1855.9.17.4), 1947.3.5.20 (formerly 1848.7.28.26), 1947.3.5.21 (formerly 1848.7.28.27),1947.3.5.22,1947.3.5.23(formerly 1844.3.20.36), 1947.3.5.24, and 1947.3.4.25 (formerly 1851.6.2.4; illustrated in Gray 1856: Pl. XII). BMNH 1947.3.4.25 designated lectotype by Legler & Vogt (2013:259). Ernst & Seidel (2006:1) also list BMNH 1844.2.19.3 as a syntype, but that specimen is a syntype of Trachemys venusta venusta).
Emys ventricosa Gray 1856:28
Holotype: BMNH 1848.7.28.24 (Smith & Smith 1980:485).
Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen, & Blanck 2010:45
Holotype: UF 50478 (photographed in the original description, p. 45); paratype (1), UF 50476.
Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen, & Blanck 2010:43
Holotype: UF 157800 (photographed in the original description, p. 42); paratype (1), UF 105425.
Testudo panama Perry 1810:unpaginated
Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 33).