Batagur baska (Gray, 1831)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 20

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scientific name	Batagur baska
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Batagur baska View in CoL (Gray 1831:Pl. 75)

Holotype: Not located; BMNH specimen illustrated in the original description (Pl. 75) and reproduced (and photographed) in Bour (2009c:31), but apparently lost.

Emys batagur Gray 1830: 9

Holotype: Not located; presumably in the BMNH but apparently lost.

Trionyx (Tetraonyx) cuvieri Gray 1830:19

Holotype: Not located; possibly in the MNHN.

Tetraonyx longicollis Lesson 1831:297

Holotype: MNHN 7967; illustrated in Lesson (1832: Pl. 7), and reproduced in Bour (2009c:31, 33), along with photographs of the holotype. Additional syntypes may exist according to Praschag et al. (2008:66).

Tetraonyx lessonii Duméril & Bibron 1835: 338

Syntypes: MNHN 7967, 9094 and 9095.

Batagur baska ranongensis Nutaphand 1979: 181

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (p. 121:Figs. 75–76).

References

Bour, R. (2009 c) The types of Tetraonyx longicollis Lesson, 1831 and Tetraonyx lessonii Dumeril & Bibron, 1835, and the confusing history of the generic names Tetronyx Lesson, 1832 and Batagur Gray, 1855. Emys, 16 (3), 30 - 38.

Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1835) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Tome Second. Roret, Paris, 680 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 45973

Praschag, P., Sommer, R. S., McCarthy, C., Gemel, R. & Fritz, U. (2008) Naming one of the world's rarest chelonians, the southern Batagur. Zootaxa, 1758, 61 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1758.1.4