Emys depressa (Wied, 1821)

Vanzolini, Paulo E. & Myers, Charles W., 2015, The Herpetological Collection Of Maximilian, Prince Of Wied (1782 - 1867), With Special Reference To Brazilian Materials, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2015 (395), pp. 1-155 : 29

Emys depressa (Wied, 1821)

Plates 1, 2

1820 Reise 1: 321.

1821 Reise 2: 91 (as Testudo depressa ).

1824 Isis : 662 (diagnosis, as Emys depressa ). 1825 Abbildungen: Lief. 9 (2 pls.).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 29.

PRESENT STATUS: Acanthochelys spixii .

REMARKS: In the Reise there is a long footnote, practically a full page, describing this species and discussing an additional specimen that belongs to the following species. There are two plates in the Abbildungen, one a dorsal rendition of the entire turtle in color, the other showing lateral and ventral views of the head and neck in color and also a ventral outline of the shell in black and white. There are no specimens in the collection.

Emys depressa (Wied, 1821) is a junior homonym of Emys depressa Merrem (1820: 22) .

Emys radiolata Mikan

Plates 3, 4

1821 Reise 2: 91 (young specimen under Testudo depressa ).

1824 Isis : 662 (diagnosis).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 39.

1828 Abbildungen: Lief. 12, 2 plates.

PRESENT STATUS: Acanthochelys radiolata (Mikan, 1820) .

REMARKS: In the Beitra¨ge the species is very well described, based on several specimens; measurements are given of two individuals, with plastral lengths 101 and 113 mm. A specimen is figured twice in the Abbildungen: in one plate the whole animal is shown from life in dorsal view, with a lateral view of the head and neck; the second plate shows the shell in dorsal and ventral views. The carapace came out too dark in the first plate and is of little use. The second plate is very good.

AMNH R-7073 is a stuffed specimen, plastral length 120 mm; it may be the larger specimen of the Beitra¨ge. It certainly is not the specimen whose shell is figured; there is too much morphometric difference.