Graptemys pulchra Baur 1893:675

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 37

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scientific name	Graptemys pulchra Baur 1893:675
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Syntypes (originally believed to be 2 specimens, but see below; photographed in Lindeman 2013:281): USNM 8808 (2 specimens); the skull of one of the syntypes was removed and apparently catalogued as USNM Osteo 29526, but now both the specimen and its skull are numbered USNM 318254 ( Reynolds et al. 2007:15). Cochran (1961:231) and Lovich (1985) recorded both USNM 8808 and Osteo 29526 as the syntypes. USNM 8808 designated lectotype by Lovich & McCoy (1992:304). FMNH 22171 (reported as “cotype” by Marx 1958:449) and USNM 220884 (not reported by Reynolds et al. 2007) were subsequently identified by Lindeman (2013:280) as additional syntypes. A detailed history of the confusion regarding the types of this species appears in Lindeman (2013:279–281).

References

Baur, G. (1893) Two new species of North American Testudinata. The American Naturalist, 27, 675 - 677.

Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220

Lindeman, P. V. (2013) The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas: Ecology, Evolution, Distribution, and Conservation. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 460 pp.

Lovich, J. E. (1985) Graptemys pulchra. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 360, 1 - 2.

Lovich, J. E. & McCoy, C. J. (1992) Review of the Graptemys pulchra group (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), with descriptions of two new species. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 61 (4), 293 - 315.

Marx, H. (1958) Catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Chicago Natural History Museum. Fieldiana Zoology, 36 (4), 409 - 496. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 3034

Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626