Chelonoidis niger abingdonii ( Günther 1877:85 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6328699
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scientific name	Chelonoidis niger abingdonii ( Günther 1877:85 )
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Chelonoidis niger abingdonii ( Günther 1877:85)

Syntypes (3): BMNH1947.3 .4.39(formerly1876.6.21.38; vertebrae originally catalogued separately as 1876.6.21.44) and 1947.3.4.95-96 (formerly 1876.6.21.39–40); one syntype illustrated in Garman (1917:Pl. 40) .

Testudo ephippium Günther 1875:271

Holotype: NMSZ 1932.27.1 (formerly RSM 1932.27.1-12; parts of the same specimen; Herman et al. 1990:5; formerly RSM 1822.058, illustrated in Garman 1917:Pl. 39; photographed in Pritchard 1996:36 and Olson 2017:246–47). Type described in detail in Baur (1889). BMNH 1874.6.1.6 erroneously listed as a syntype in the BMNH catalogue.

Chelonoidis niger becki (Rothschild 1901:372)

Holotype: BMNH 1949.1 .3.87.

Chelonoidis niger chathamensis (Van Denburgh 1907:4)

Holotype: CAS 8127 ( Slevin & Leviton 1956:550; photographed in Pritchard 1996:32).

Chelonoidis niger darwini (Van Denburgh 1907:4)

Holotype: CAS 8108 ( Slevin & Leviton 1956:550).

Geochelone (Geochelone) schweiggeri Fitzinger 1835:122

Holotype: Not located; originally alive in the MSW ( Fitzinger 1853:403), apparently lost; possibly in NMW but not listed by Tiedemann & Häupl (1980) or Tiedemann et al. (1994).

Chelonoidis niger donfausti (Poulakakis, Edwards, & Caccone 2015:12)

Holotype: UWZM 32700 View Materials (sampled genetically in the original description).