Nilssonia leithii ( Gray 1872:334 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 64

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scientific name	Nilssonia leithii ( Gray 1872:334 )
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Nilssonia leithii ( Gray 1872:334) View in CoL

Syntypes (2): BMNH1947.3 .4.15(formerly1869.8.28.10) and 1947.3.6.7 (formerly 1870.7.11.1) .

Trionyx javanicus Gray 1830:19

Holotype: Not located.

Aspilus gataghol Gray 1872:339

Holotype: BMNH, apparently lost; specimen illustrated in Gray (1835:Pl. 65) designated as “type” by Webb (1980:64).

Trionyx sulcifrons Annandale 1915:341 View in CoL

Holotype: ZSI 17973 ( Das et al. 1998:128; Kundu et al. 2018:24, photographed therein, p. 32). Annandale (1915:343) reported two additional specimens (one photographed in Annandale 1915:Pl. XXXIII) in the Nagpur Museum ( Das et al. 1998:128), presumably paratypes.

Nilssonia nigricans ( Anderson 1875:284) View in CoL

Syntypes (2): ZSI 664 and 1898 ( Das et al. 1998:128; Kundu et al. 2018:27, photographed therein, p. 29).

References

Anderson, J. (1875) Description of some new Asiatic mammals and Chelonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4) 16, 282 - 285. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937508681848

Annandale, N. (1915) Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum, 11 (19), 341 - 347.

Das, I., Dattagupta, B. & Gayen, N. C. (1998) History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3 (2), 121 - 172.

Gray, J. E. (1835) Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II, Parts 19 - 20, pls. 57, 65 - 66, Direction. Adolphus Richter and Co., London [Published February 1835].

Gray, J. E. (1872) On the genus Chelymys and its allies from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1872, 504 - 514.

Kundu, S., Kumar, V., Murthy, B. H. C. K & Chandra, K. (2018) Chelonian types of National Zoological Collections. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 118 / i 1 / 2018 / 122300

Webb, R. G. (1980) The identity of Testudo punctata Lacepede, 1788 (Testudines, Trionychidae). Bulletin Museum National Histoire Naturelle 4 e series, 2 A (2), 547 - 557.