Trachemys scripta (Thunberg In Schoepff, 1792)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 42-43

Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff 1792:16)

Holotype: UPSZTY 7455 (formerly UUZM 7455); illustrated in the original description (Pl. III, Figs. 4, 5); photographed by Rhodin & Carr (2009:12–13); see Lönnberg (1896) and Rhodin & Carr (2009) for history of the type.

Testudo serrata Daudin 1801:148

Holotype: Not located; possibly in the MNHN according to Smith & Smith (1980:450); illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXI, Figs. 1–2).

Emys occipitatis Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1830:75

Holotype: BMNH unnumbered, apparently lost; same type as Emys vittata .

Emys vittata Gray 1830:11

Holotype: BMNH unnumbered, apparently lost; same type as Emys occipitatis .

Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied 1839:213)

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. IV).

Emys concinna Cuvier in Guérin 1829:Pl. 1, f. 3

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 1, Fig. 3).

Emys holbrookii Gray 1844:23

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3 .4.78.

Emys sanguinolenta Gray 1856:26

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .22.35 (formerly 1851.3.14.1).

Trachemys lineata Gray 1873:147

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .22.78 (formerly 1866.6.19.1).

Emys bicolor Berlandier in Bour (2017:55)

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in manuscript by Berlandier (1859:IV), reproduced by Bour (2017: Fig. 2).

Trachemys scripta troostii (Holbrook 1836:55)

Holotype:ANSP179(illustrated in the original description, Pl. IV, btw. pp. 54–55, and photographed in Seidel & Ernst 2012:1; Malnate 1971:354); not ANSP 180 as suggested by Carr (1937:76).

Emys cumberlandensis Holbrook 1840:55

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. VIII).