Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789

Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789:1041 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 (Mertens 1967:52); photographed in the original description (p. 161, Figs. 5–6); paratypes (14), SMF 36232 plus 13 live specimens. Of the latter 13, only SMF 36771 is known to exist (Fritz et al. 1994:169).

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 59, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

Keywords

Reptilia, Testudinidae, Testudines, Testudo, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Testudo hermanni, Taxonomy

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