Morenia petersi (Anderson 1879:761)

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 29

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scientific name	Morenia petersi (Anderson 1879:761)
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Syntypes (4, according to Bour 2009b:39, but only three identified): ZMB 8865 ( Fritz et al. 1994:164, photographed therein, p. 164, Fig. 3; illustrated in the original description, Pls. LIX and LXXV, and reproduced in Bour 2009b:38 and Das 2009:14); ZSI 155 and 156 ( Das et al, 1998:126; Das 2009:5), but apparently lost ( Kundu et al. 2018:37); and a fourth unlocated syntype. ZMB 8865 designated lectotype by Fritz et al. (1994:164).

References

Bour, R. (2009 b) Type specimens of Emys ocellata Dumeril & Bibron, 1835 with notes on the species of Morenia Gray, 1870. Emys, 16 (2), 33 - 42.

Das, I., Dattagupta, B. & Gayen, N. C. (1998) History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3 (2), 121 - 172.

Das, I. (2009) The discovery of Indian turtles, with notes on publications, type localities and type repositories. ENVIS Bulletin, 12, 1 - 14.

Fritz, U., Obst, F. & Gunther, R. (1994) Kritischer Typen- Katalog der Schildkrotensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie Berlin, 70 (1), 157 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19940700110

Kundu, S., Kumar, V., Murthy, B. H. C. K & Chandra, K. (2018) Chelonian types of National Zoological Collections. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 70 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 118 / i 1 / 2018 / 122300