Pelomedusa olivacea (Schweigger 1812:307)

Holotype: MNHN 7971 (Ceríaco & Bour 2012:19; Fritz et al. 2014b:504); illustrated in Oppel (1811: Pl. 25; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:31); photographed in Bour (2009a:28) and Bour & Schmidtler (2014:23).

Pelomedusa gasconi Rochebrune 1884:25

Holotype: Not designated (see Loveridge 1941:480), although illustrated in the original description, Pl. I, Figs. 1–2; ZFMK 17076 designated as neotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:516; sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014 and Fritz et al. 2014b).

Pelomedusa schweinfurthi Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014b:539

Holotype: SMF 56161 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:538, and Vetter 2018:144); paratypes (3): SMF 56160 and 56162; and ZMB 15697. All types sampled genetically by Petzold et al. (2014).

Pelomedusa somalica Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014:540

Holotype: BMNH 1970.1481 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:541); paratypes (5), BMNH 1931.7.20.412-414 and 1931.8.1.177; and NMW 24449 (sampled genetically by Petzold et al. 2014).

Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre 1789:28)

Holotype: MNHN7970(Fritz et al. 2014b:504); illustrated in Lacepède (1788:opp. p. 173); photographed in Bour 2009a:27 and Fritz et al. 2014b:507); sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b).

Testudo planitia Meuschen 1778:11

Holotype: Not located.

Testudo subrufa Lacepède 1788:173

Holotype: MNHN 7970 (Fritz et al. 2014b:504); illustrated in the original description (opp. p. 173); photographed in Bour 2009a:27 and Fritz et al. 2014b:507); sampled genetically by Fritz et al. (2014b).

Pentonix americana Cornalia 1849:13

Holotype: MSNM unnumbered (destroyed in WWII; Fritz et al. 2014b:513).

Pelomedusa galeata damarensis Hewitt 1935: 338

Syntypes (2; both sampled genetically by Fritz et al. 2014b): PEM R14953 and R 14954; PEM R14953 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (2014b:504; photographed in Fritz et al. 2014b:517; sampled genetically by Fritz et al. 2014b and Petzold et al. 2014).

Pelomedusa subrufa wettsteini Mertens 1937:141

Holotype: SMF 7958 (Mertens 1967:52); photographed in Fritz et al. (2014b:518); paratypes (4 according to the original description), presumably in the SMF.

Pelomedusa variabilis Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyers, Schleicher, Široký, & Fritz 2014:543

Holotype: SMF 58075 (photographed in Petzold et al. 2014:541); paratypes (10): MTD T 33818- 33819 and 35041, BMNH 1863.3.27.1 and 1927.8.27.240-242, and ZFMK 47521-547523.