Pelusios niger ( Duméril & Bibron 1835:397 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 13

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scientific name	Pelusios niger ( Duméril & Bibron 1835:397 )
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Pelusios niger ( Duméril & Bibron 1835:397) View in CoL

Holotype: MNHN 8954 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. XX, Fig. 1 [though mislabeled; see Bour 2009d:33] and reproduced in Bour 2009d:34; photographed in Bour & Maran 2003:26 and Bour 2009d:36).

Sternothaerus oxyrhinus Boulenger 1897:919

Holotype: Not located; possibly BMNH, apparently lost; illustrated in the original description (Pl. LIII), and reproduced in Bour (2009d:34).

Sternothaerus heinrothi Kanberg 1924:195

Holotype: ZMB 8232 ( Fritz et al. 1994:163); paratypes (2), ZMB 30122 and another unlocated specimen ( Fritz et al. 1994:163).

References

Bour, R. & Maran, J. (2003) Une nouvelle espece de Pelusios de Cote d'Ivoire (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Manouria, 6 (21), 24 - 43.

Bour, R. (2009 d) Holotype and type locality of Sternotherus niger Dumeril & Bibron, 1835. Emys, 16 (4), 33 - 37.

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

Fritz, U., Obst, F. & Gunther, R. (1994) Kritischer Typen- Katalog der Schildkrotensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie Berlin, 70 (1), 157 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19940700110