Aldabrachelys gigantea ( Schweigger 1812:327 )

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Aldabrachelys gigantea ( Schweigger 1812:327)

Holotype: Not clearly designated; USNM 269962 designated neotype by Frazier (2006:278), but the original holotype ( MNHN 9554, photographed in Bour 2006d:16–17 and Bour 2013a:29; actually a Chelonoidis denticulata, Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19 ) was subsequently rediscovered by Bour (2006d). However, following lengthy and contentious discussions (e.g., see Cheke 2011), the ICZN (2013) ruled in favor of the neotype designation.

Testudo dussumieri Gray 1831:9

Syntypes (number uncertain): originally in the MNHN; RMNH 3231 ( Hoogmoed et al. 2010:17; Frazier & Matyot 2010:29) designated lectotype by Bour (1984:171 and 2006:21); RMNH 3231 photographed in Gerlach (2004:68), Bour (2006d:21), Bour (2013a:30), and Grünewald (2009b:137–138), and sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).

Testudo elephantina Duméril & Bibron 1835:110

Syntypes (7): MNHN 1942, 7873, 7874 (illustrated in Bour 1982a:119), 7875, 9314, 9562, and 9565; MNHN 7874 designated lectotype by Rothschild (1915:425) according to Bour (1982a:117, 1985.54); sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).

Testudo ponderosa Günther 1977:35

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1947.3.4.94 (formerly 1876.1.4.1; sampled genetically by Austin et al. 2003), and 1947.3.4.89(formerly1864.12.20.27). BMNH 1947.3.4.89 designated lectotype by Bour (1985:54), and discussed by Gerlach & Canning (1998).

Testudo sumeirei Sauzier 1892:398

Holotype: BMNH 1929.1.27.1 (discussed by Gerlach & Canning 1998); sampled genetically by Austin et al. (2003).

Testudo goufféi Rothschild 1906:753

Holotype: BMNH 1949.1 .4.66 (sampled genetically by Austin et al. 2003).