Lissemys punctata ( Bonnaterre 1789:30 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 61

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scientific name	Lissemys punctata ( Bonnaterre 1789:30 )
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Lissemys punctata ( Bonnaterre 1789:30) View in CoL

Holotype: MNHN 7978 ( Webb 1980:548, including a drawing of the type, p. 550; Bour et al. 1995:75; Das 2009:3). Also illustrated by Lacepède (1788:171–172), and the figure reproduced in Bonnaterre (1789:Pl. 6, Fig. 4), Schneider (1789: unnumbered plate; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:13), Daudin (1801:Pl. XIX, Fig. 2), Shaw (1802:Pl. 14, top), and Oppel (1811:Pl. 3,4; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:13). Photographed in Bour & Schmidtler (2014:13).

Testudo granosa Schoepff 1801:127

Syntypes (2): ZMB, but now lost ( Webb 1980:553) .

Trionyx granulata Daudin 1801:81

Holotype: MNHN 7978 (see comments under Lissemys punctata ).

Testudo coromandelicus Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809:364

Holotype: MNHN 7978 (see comments under Lissemys punctata ); presumably illustrated in original description (Pl. V, Fig. 1).

References

Bonnaterre, P. - J. (1789) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature. Erpetologie. Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, Paris, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660

Bour, R., Dubois, A. & Webb, R. G. (1995) Types of recent trionychid turtles in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Dumerilia, 2, 73 - 92.

Bour, R. & Schmidtler, J. (2014) Les Dessins et Aquarelles de Nikolaus Michael Oppel. 2. Les Tortues. Privately printed, Munchen and Paris, 48 pp.

Das, I. (2009) The discovery of Indian turtles, with notes on publications, type localities and type repositories. ENVIS Bulletin, 12, 1 - 14.

Daudin, F. M. (1801) Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Tome Second. Imprimerie F. Dufart, Paris, 432 pp.

Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, E. (1809) Memoire sur les tortues molles, nouveau genre sous le nom de Trionyx, et sur la formation des carapaces. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 14, 1 - 20.

Lacepede, B. G. E. de. (1788) Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens. Tome Premier. Hotel de Thou, Paris, 651 pp. [octavo edition, 8 o]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5036

Oppel, M. (1811) Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeshichte derselben. J. Lindauer, Munchen, 86 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 4911

Schneider, J. G. (1789) Zweiter Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Schildkroten. J. G. Muller, Leipzig, 32 pp.

Shaw, G. (1802) General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Volume III, Part I, Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 312 pp.

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.