Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789:1043)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 52

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6328710

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scientific name

Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789:1043)
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Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789:1043)

Holotype: Not located; possibly in the NRM, apparently lost since not listed in Anderson (1900). Plate labelled “Testud. Sign. var.” in Walbaum (1782; Fig. 1–2) was designated lectotype by Bour (1998b:1) and reproduced in that work.

Testudo cafra Daudin 1801:291

Holotype: MNHN 7924; illustrated in Oppel

(1811: 37–38; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:40 and 43); photographed in Bour & Schmidtler (2014:40).

Testudo juvencella Daudin 1801:380

Syntypes (2 according to Bour & Schmidtler 2014:42): Not located; illustrated in Oppel (1811:Pl. 39; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39).

Pseudomopus signatus peersi Hewitt 1935: 345

Syntypes (2): apparently in TM (Anon. 1958:128).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Testudinidae

Genus

Chersobius

Loc

Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789:1043)

Iverson, John B. 2022
2022
Loc

Pseudomopus signatus peersi

Hewitt, J. 1935: 345
1935
Loc

Testudo cafra

Daudin, F. M. 1801: 291
1801
Loc

Testudo juvencella

Daudin, F. M. 1801: 380
1801
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