Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 13-14

Pelusios sinuatus (Smith 1838:Plate 1)

Holotype: RSM (now NMSZ) 1859.13.1684 ( FitzSimons 1937:261; illustrated in Pl. X; Broadley 1981b:654), although Herman et al. (1990:6) listed NMSZ 1859.13.1686 as a possible syntype.

Pelusios sinuatus zuluensis Hewitt 1927:371

Holotype: NMB 609 (photographed in the original description, Pl. XXV, Fig. 1; Broadley 1981b:655); paratype (1, although based on a “series of specimens” in the original description), NMB 610 ( Broadley 1981b:655).

Pelusios sinuatus bottegi (Boulenger 1895:9)

Holotype: MSNG CE2319 ( Capocaccia 1961:87); illustrated in the original description (Pl. I–II).

Pelusios sinuatus leptus Hewitt 1933:45

Holotype: PEM R14960 (formerly unnumbered); photographed in the original description (Pl. 9, Figs. 1–2); Broadley 1981b:656); paratypes (3?, although 6 specimens are recorded in the original description), AMG 5432, 5794, and 6696 ( Broadley 1981b:656).

Sternothaerus rudolphi t Arambourg 1947:461

Holotype: MNHN P1933-9-449; paratype (1), MNHN 1933-9-448; types illustrated in the original description (Fig. 79–80; Pl. XXIV, Fig. 4; Pl. XXXV, Fig. 3) and in Broin (1969:Pl. XXV, Fig. 4).