Pelusios niger

Pelusios niger (Duméril & Bibron 1835:397) Holotype: MNHN 8954 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. XX, Fig. 1 [though mislabeled; see Bour 2009d:33] and reproduced in Bour 2009d:34; photographed in Bour & Maran 2003:26 and Bour 2009d:36). Sternothaerus oxyrhinus Boulenger 1897:919 Holotype: Not located; possibly BMNH, apparently lost; illustrated in the original description (Pl. LIII), and reproduced in Bour (2009d:34). Sternothaerus heinrothi Kanberg 1924:195 Holotype: ZMB 8232 (Fritz et al. 1994:163); paratypes (2), ZMB 30122 and another unlocated specimen (Fritz et al. 1994:163).

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

Keywords

Reptilia, Testudines, Pelusios, Animalia, Pelomedusidae, Pelusios niger, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy

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