Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus 1766:352)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 50

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scientific name	Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus 1766:352)
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Syntypes (2): UUZM unnumbered (illustrated in Schoepff 1792:Pl. XVIII, Fig. 1) and MRM unnumbered (formerly MDG 21; Andersson 1900:25, where it was erroneously listed as “ holotype ”); both apparently lost since listed by Thunberg (1828:49), but not by Holm (1957) or Wallin (2001).

Testudo tabulata Walbaum in Schoeppf 1793:56

Syntypes: UPSZTY 281–283 (formerly UUZM 281– 283 and MGA 50–52; Wallin 2001:127); listed by Thunberg (1828:50) and Wallin (2001:127); illustrated in Schoepff (1793:Pl. XII, Fig. 2; Pl. XIII–XIV).

Testudo hercules Spix 1824:20

Holotype or Syntypes: Not located; presumably once in the ZSM ( Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353–54) ; one type illustrated in the original description (Pl. XIV) .

Testudo sculpta Spix 1824:21

Syntypes (5, but only 4 located; Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353): ZSM 2753/0/1-3 and 2738/0 ( Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:353; Franzen & Glaw 2007:208); ZSM 2738/0 illustrated in the original description, Pl. XV; ZSM 2753/0/1 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:354).

Testudo cagado Spix 1824:23

Holotype: Not located ( Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983:354); one type illustrated in the original description (Pl. XVII).