Melanochelys trijuga ( Schweigger 1812:310 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 28-29

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scientific name	Melanochelys trijuga ( Schweigger 1812:310 )
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Melanochelys trijuga ( Schweigger 1812:310) View in CoL

Holotype: MNHN (illustrated in Oppel 1811:Pl. 15–16, and reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014: 23, Fig. 9, A, B), apparently lost ( Das 2009:4); identified as Malayemys subtrijuga by Bour & Schmidtler (2014:15–16); neotype designation forthcoming.

Emys herrmanni Schweigger 1812:311

Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; possibly in MZUS; one syntype illustrated in Duvernoy (1838: Pl. 5; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:23, Fig. 9C); see also Bour et al. (2017).

Emys belangeri Lesson 1831:291

Holotype: Not located; possibly MNHN; type illustrated in the original description (Pl. 1), reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014:23, Fig. 9D).

Emys trijuga var. maderaspatana Anderson 1879:729

Syntypes (3): ZSI 831, 1008, and 1009 ( Das et al. 1998:126; photographed in Kundu et al. 2018:45).

Emys trijuga plumbea Annandale 1915:192

Syntypes (2): ZSI 17712 ( Das et al. 1998:127; photographed in Kundu et al. 2018:46) and 17715 ( Das et al. 1998:127; Kindu et al. 2018:39, who reported that 17715 is missing).

Melanochelys trijuga coronata (Anderson 1878:729)

Holotype: ZSI 1012 ( Annandale 1913:69; Das et al. 1998:126; Das 2009:5; Kundu et al. 2018:39, photographed therein, p. 44).

References

Annandale, N. (1913) The tortoises of Chota Nagpur. Records of the Indian Museum, 9 (5), 63 - 78.

Annandale, N. (1915) Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum, 11 (19), 341 - 347.

Bour, R. & Schmidtler, J. (2014) Les Dessins et Aquarelles de Nikolaus Michael Oppel. 2. Les Tortues. Privately printed, Munchen and Paris, 48 pp.

Bour, R., Cheylan, M. & Wandhammer, M. - D. (2017) Jean Hermann, the holotype and neotype of the Montpellier Snake, Coluber monspessulanus Hermann, 1804 (Reptilia, Squamata). Zoosystema, 39, 273 - 284. https: // doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2017 n 2 a 6

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.

Duvernoy, G. L. (1838) Les Reptiles. Avec un Atlas. In: Le Regne Animal distribue d'apres son organisation ... par Georges Cuvier. Fortin, Masson et Cie, Paris, Texte, 169 pp., Atlas, 42 plates.

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

Oppel, M. (1811) Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeshichte derselben. J. Lindauer, Munchen, 86 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 4911

Schweigger, A. F. (1812) Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Konigsberger Archiv fur Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik, 1, 271 - 368, 406 - 462.