Emys orbicularis ( Linnaeus, 1758:198 )

Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), Megataxa 7 (1), pp. 1-85 : 33-34

Emys orbicularis ( Linnaeus, 1758:198)

Holotype: Not located; originally in UPSZTY (= UUZM), but apparently lost; listed by Linné & Thunberg (1780:3) and Thunberg (1828:49), but not by Lönnberg (1896), Andersson (1900), Holm (1957), or Wallin (2001). MNMZ designated neotype by Fritz (1994:65).

Testudo lutaria Linnaeus 1758:198

Holotype: Not located; originally in UPSZTY

(= UUZM), but apparently lost (listed by Thunberg 1828:49, but not by Lönnberg 1896, Andersson 1900, Holm 1957, or Wallin 2001).

Testudo terrestris Garsault 1764 :Pl. 675

Holotype: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 675).

Testudo europaea Schneider 1783:323

Holotype: Not located.

Testudo pulchella Schoepff 1801:113

Syntypes (at least 2): Not located; two syntypes illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXVI) .

Emys turfa t Meyer 1835:67

Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; possibly in the SMNS (Kurek 1917) .

Clemmys schlotheimii t Fitzinger 1835:127

Syntypes (number uncertain): apparently MGN 1995 (multiple specimens), and 1672; MGN 1672 designated as lectotype by Karl & Paust (2014:156) and illustrated in the original description (Pl. 4, Fig. 4).

Trionyx schlotheimii t Fitzinger 1835:128

Syntypes (number uncertain): apparently MGN 1995 (multiple specimens), and 1673; MGN 1673 designated as lectotype by Karl & Paust (2014:156) and illustrated in the original description (Pl. 4, Fig. 1, 3).

Emys lutaria borealis t Nilsson 1841:208

Syntypes (2): NRM CU75037 and 75039 (formerly R1743-44); illustrated in Dalmon (1820:Pl. VI–VII), and in the original description (Pl. III– IV); see also Kurck (1917) and Sommer et al. (2009).

Testudo (Emys) canstadiensis t Plieninger 1847:208

Holotype: Not located; possibly SMNS; illustrated in Jäger (1861:191).

Emys pulchra Brandt in Gray 1873:22

Holotype: BMNH 1851.12 .9.6 ( Gray 1873:22).

Cistudo anhaltina t Giebel 1866a:1

Holotype: Not located; possibly MLUH; illustrated in the original description (Pl. I– II).

Emys lutaria taurica Mehnert 1890:537

Holotype: Not located; possibly MZUS; illustrated in the original description (Pl. XX).

Emys europaea sparsa Dürigen 1897:14

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Schoepff (1792:Pl. 1) and Sturn (1828:Pl. III, Fig. c).

Emys europaea punctata Dürigen 1897:15

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Sturm (1828:Pl. III, Fig. a, b).

Emys europaea concolor Dürigen 1897:15

Holotype: Not designated; description based on the literature ( Fritz 1992); “type” illustrated in Brandt & Ratzenburg (1829:Pl. XXI).

Emys orbicularis aralensis Nikolsky 1915:24

Syntypes (number uncertain): ZIN 70 designated lectotype by Fritz (1992:66; illustrated in the original description (Pl. III); reproduced by Fritz (1992:66).

Emys orbicularis luteofusca Fritz 1989:145

Holotype: SMNS 4615:1 ( Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:10;photographed in the original description, p. 146, Fig. 2a, and p. 148, Fig. 3); paratypes (4; all photographed in the original description, p. 146–147, Fig. 2), SMNS 4615:2, 5474, and 5493 ( Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:9); MTD 29137.

Emys orbicularis colchica Fritz 1994:61

Holotype: ZIN 9110 a (photographed in the original description, p. 69, Fig. 13); paratypes (5), MHNG 2006.57; SMF 51896; and ZIN 9110 b, 10829, and 11302.

Emys orbicularis eiselti Fritz, Baran, Budak, & Amthauer 1998:113

Holotype: NMW 18551:1; paratypes (3), NMW 18551:2 (photographed in Fritz 1989:Fig. 9); ZDEU 40/1972:1; and MTD 40468. All types photographed in the original description, p. 115, Fig. 7.