Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther 1885:4)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 43-44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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scientific name	Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther 1885:4)
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Treatment

Syntypes (8, although Boulenger 1889:82 only listed 7; illustrated in the original description (Pl. VI, Fig. B) and in Smith & Smith 1980:924): BMNH 1946.1.22.39 (formerly perhaps 1848.7.28.23), 1947.3.5.19 (formerly 1855.9.17.4), 1947.3.5.20 (formerly 1848.7.28.26), 1947.3.5.21 (formerly 1848.7.28.27),1947.3.5.22,1947.3.5.23(formerly 1844.3.20.36), 1947.3.5.24, and 1947.3.4.25 (formerly 1851.6.2.4; illustrated in Gray 1856: Pl. XII). BMNH 1947.3.4.25 designated lectotype by Legler & Vogt (2013:259). Ernst & Seidel (2006:1) also list BMNH 1844.2.19.3 as a syntype, but that specimen is a syntype of Trachemys venusta venusta ).

Emys ventricosa Gray 1856:28

Holotype: BMNH 1848.7 .28.24 ( Smith & Smith 1980:485).

Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen, & Blanck 2010:45

Holotype: UF 50478 (photographed in the original description, p. 45); paratype (1), UF 50476 .

Trachemys venusta uhrigi McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen, & Blanck 2010:43

Holotype: UF 157800 (photographed in the original description, p. 42); paratype (1), UF 105425.

Testudo panama Perry 1810 :unpaginated

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 33).