Emys orbicularis ( Linnaeus, 1758:198 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 33-34

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scientific name	Emys orbicularis ( Linnaeus, 1758:198 )
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Emys orbicularis ( Linnaeus, 1758:198) View in CoL

Holotype: Not located; originally in UPSZTY (= UUZM), but apparently lost; listed by Linné & Thunberg (1780:3) and Thunberg (1828:49), but not by Lönnberg (1896), Andersson (1900), Holm (1957), or Wallin (2001). MNMZ designated neotype by Fritz (1994:65).

Testudo lutaria Linnaeus 1758:198 View Cited Treatment

Holotype: Not located; originally in UPSZTY

(= UUZM), but apparently lost (listed by Thunberg 1828:49, but not by Lönnberg 1896, Andersson 1900, Holm 1957, or Wallin 2001).

Testudo terrestris Garsault 1764 :Pl. 675

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 675).

Testudo europaea Schneider 1783:323

Holotype: Not located.

Testudo pulchella Schoepff 1801:113

Syntypes (at least 2): Not located; two syntypes illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXVI) .

Emys turfa t Meyer 1835:67

Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; possibly in the SMNS (Kurek 1917) .

Clemmys schlotheimii t Fitzinger 1835:127

Syntypes (number uncertain): apparently MGN 1995 (multiple specimens), and 1672; MGN 1672 designated as lectotype by Karl & Paust (2014:156) and illustrated in the original description (Pl. 4, Fig. 4).

Trionyx schlotheimii t Fitzinger 1835:128

Syntypes (number uncertain): apparently MGN 1995 (multiple specimens), and 1673; MGN 1673 designated as lectotype by Karl & Paust (2014:156) and illustrated in the original description (Pl. 4, Fig. 1, 3).

Emys lutaria borealis t Nilsson 1841:208

Syntypes (2): NRM CU75037 and 75039 (formerly R1743-44); illustrated in Dalmon (1820:Pl. VI–VII), and in the original description (Pl. III– IV); see also Kurck (1917) and Sommer et al. (2009).

Testudo (Emys) canstadiensis t Plieninger 1847:208

Holotype: Not located; possibly SMNS; illustrated in Jäger (1861:191).

Emys pulchra Brandt in Gray 1873:22

Holotype: BMNH 1851.12 .9.6 ( Gray 1873:22).

Cistudo anhaltina t Giebel 1866a:1

Holotype: Not located; possibly MLUH; illustrated in the original description (Pl. I– II).

Emys lutaria taurica Mehnert 1890:537

Holotype: Not located; possibly MZUS; illustrated in the original description (Pl. XX).

Emys europaea sparsa Dürigen 1897:14

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Schoepff (1792:Pl. 1) and Sturn (1828:Pl. III, Fig. c).

Emys europaea punctata Dürigen 1897:15

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Sturm (1828:Pl. III, Fig. a, b).

Emys europaea concolor Dürigen 1897:15

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Brandt & Ratzenburg (1829:Pl. XXI).

Emys orbicularis aralensis Nikolsky 1915:24

Syntypes (number uncertain): ZIN 70 designated lectotype by Fritz (1992:66; illustrated in the original description (Pl. III); reproduced by Fritz (1992:66).

Emys orbicularis luteofusca Fritz 1989:145

Holotype: SMNS 4615:1 ( Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:10;photographed in the original description, p. 146, Fig. 2a, and p. 148, Fig. 3); paratypes (4; all photographed in the original description, p. 146–147, Fig. 2), SMNS 4615:2, 5474, and 5493 ( Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:9); MTD 29137.

Emys orbicularis colchica Fritz 1994:61

Holotype: ZIN 9110 View Materials a (photographed in the original description, p. 69, Fig. 13); paratypes (5), MHNG 2006.57; SMF 51896; and ZIN 9110 View Materials b, 10829, and 11302.

Emys orbicularis eiselti Fritz, Baran, Budak, & Amthauer 1998:113

Holotype: NMW 18551:1; paratypes (3), NMW 18551:2 (photographed in Fritz 1989:Fig. 9); ZDEU 40/1972:1; and MTD 40468. All types photographed in the original description, p. 115, Fig. 7.

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Fritz, U. (1989) Zur innerartlichen Variabilitat von Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758). 1. Eine neue Unterart de Europaischen Sumpfschildkrote aus Kleinasien Emys orbicularis luteofusca subsp. nov. Salamandra, 25, 143 - 168.

Fritz, U. (1992) Zur innerartlichen Variabilitat von Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758). 2. Variabilitat in Osteuropa und Redefinition von Emys orbicularis orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) und E. o. hellenica (Valenciennes, 1832). Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches fur Tierkunde Dresden, 47, 37 - 78.

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Kurck, C. (1917) Den forntida utbredningen af karrskoldpaddan Emys orbicularis (Lin.) i Sverige, Danmark och angransande lander. [The prehistoric distribution of the pond turtle Emys orbicularis (Lin.) in Sweden, Denmark and adjacent countries]. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift (N. F.), (2) 13 (9), 1 - 129.

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Sommer, R. S., Lindquist, C., Persson, A., Bringsooe, H., Rhodin, A. G. J., Schneeweiss, N., Siroky, P., Bachmann, L. & Fritz, U. (2009) Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range. Molecular Ecology, 18, 1252 - 1262. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 294 X. 2009.04096. x

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Abbreviations

UUZM	Uppsala University, Zoological Museum
SMNS	Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
ZIN	Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum
SMF	Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg
NMW	Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien