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.