Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 59

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scientific name	Testudo hermanni Gmelin
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Testudo hermanni Gmelin 789: 04

Holotype: MZUS 121; figured in Schoepff (1792: Pl. VIII); reproduced in Bour (1987a:114, Fig. 6) and Bour (2001:20, Pl. 6); holotype photographed in Bour (1987a:114, Fig. 7).

Testudo graeca bettai Lataste 1881:396

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3 .4.54 (formerly 1920.1.20.814 and 1920.1.20.915, latter being an egg)( Bour 1987a:116).

Testudo hermanni robertmertensi Wermuth 1952:162

Holotype: SMF 37468 View Materials ( Mertens 1967:52); photographed in the original description (p. 161, Figs. 5–6); paratypes (14), SMF 36232 View Materials plus 13 live specimens. Of the latter 13, only SMF 36771 View Materials is known to exist ( Fritz et al. 1994:169).