Psammobates tentorius ( Bell 1828:420 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 56

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6328726

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Psammobates tentorius ( Bell 1828:420 )
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Psammobates tentorius ( Bell 1828:420)

Holotype: OUM 8570 (illustrated in Part 7, plate 1 in Bell 1835, reproduced as Plate IV in Sowerby & Lear 1872; Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010:17).

Testudo geometrica nigriventris Gray 1856: 8

Syntypes (6): Not located.

Chersinella tentoria albanica Hewitt 1933:266

Syntypes (4, according to the original description): apparently in the AMG or REM (photographed in the original description, Pl. XIV, Figs. 10–15) .

Chersinella tentoria tentoroides Hewitt 1933:268

Holotype: apparently in the AMG or PEM (photographed in the original description, Pl. XIV, Fig. 6); no paratypes designated.

Chersinella tentoria piscatella Hewitt 1933:269

Holotype: apparently in the PEM (photographed in the original description; Pl. XIV, Fig. 17–18); paratype (1), apparently in the AMG.

Chersinella tentoria subsulcata Hewitt 1933: 270

Holotype: apparently in the AMG; paratypes (2), apparently in the AMG.

Chersinella tentoria karuica Hewitt 1933:272

Syntypes (at least 9, according to the original description): apparently in the AMG (some types photographed in the original description; Pl. XIV, Fig. 19–25, and XV, Fig. 25–28) .

Chersinella tentoria duerdeni Hewitt 1933:279

Holotype: apparently in the AMG (photographed in the original description; Pl. XV, Fig. 29); no paratypes designated.

Chersinella tentoria lativittata Hewitt 1933:281

Syntypes (2, according to the original description): apparently in the AMG (photographed in the original description; Pl. XV, Fig. 32–34) .

Chersinella tentoria karuella Hewitt 1933:283

Holotype: apparently in the AMG (photographed in the original description; Pl. XV, Fig. 35); no paratypes designated.

Chersinella tentoria hexensis Hewitt 1933:286

Syntypes (4, according to the original description): apparently in the PEM (photographed in the original description, Pl. XV, Figs. 39–40) .

Psammobates tentorius trimeni Boulenger 1886: 541

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1947.3.5.10-12.

OUM

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

AMG

Albany Museum

PEM

Port Elizabeth Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Testudinidae

Genus

Psammobates

Loc

Psammobates tentorius ( Bell 1828:420 )

Iverson, John B. 2022
2022
Loc

Testudo geometrica nigriventris

Gray, J. E. & Catalogue of Shield Reptiles & Collection of the British Museum & Part I. 1856: 8
1856
Loc

Psammobates tentorius ( Bell 1828:420 )

Bell, T. 1828: 420
1828
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