Trachemys venusta (Gray 1855:24)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 43

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scientific name	Trachemys venusta (Gray 1855:24)
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Trachemys venusta (Gray 1855:24) View in CoL

Syntypes (8): BMNH 1839.12.26.70, 1844.2.19.3, 1947.3.4.80 (formerly 1845.8.5.26), 1947.3.4.81 (formerly 1845.10.25.17), 1848.7.28.25, 1849.12.7.4, and two unnumbered specimens (30B and 30G) according to McCord et al. (2010:39; see also Smith & Smith 1980:494 and Legler & Vogt 2013:266); BMNH 1947.3.4.80 (formerly 1845.8.5.26) designated lectotype by Smith & Smith (1980:495), and illustrated in Gray (1855:Pl. XIIA).

Emys (Clemmys) salvini Günther 1885:4

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .22.76 (formerly 1862.2.19.5);illustratedin theoriginaldescription (Pl. II and III).

References

Legler, J. M. & R. C. Vogt. (2013) The Turtles of Mexico: Land and Freshwater Forms. University of California Press, Berkeley, 416 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1525 / 9780520956896

McCord, W. P., Joseph-Ouni, M., Hagen, C. & Blanck, T. (2010) Three new subspecies of Trachemys venusta (Testudines: Emydidae) from Honduras, Northern Yucatan (Mexico), and Pacific Coastal Panama. Reptilia (GB), 71, 39 - 49.

Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [ 1979 ]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548