Speckled Dwarf Tortoise
Chersobius signatus (Gmelin, 1789)
Also calledGefleckte Zwergschildkröte (deu) · Gespikkelde Padloper (afr) · Gesägte Flachschildkröte (deu) · Homopode Marqu (fra) · Homopode marqué (fra) · Klipskilpad (afr) · Tortuga Manchada (spa) · fűrészes bozótteknős (hun) · želvička trpasličí (ces) · سلحفاة كيب المرقطة (ara) · シモフリヒラセリクガメ (jpn) · 斑點珍龜 (zho)
First described in: Gmelin, J. F. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. 13. ed., Tom 1 Pars 3.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Holotype: MNHN 7924; illustrated in Oppel (1811: 37 – 38; reproduced in Bour & Schmidtler 2014: 40 and 43); photographed in Bour & Schmidtler (2014: 40).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
materials_examined
Holotype: Not located; possibly in the NRM, apparently lost since not listed in Anderson (1900). Plate labelled “ Testud. Sign. var. ” in Walbaum (1782; Fig. 1 – 2) was designated lectotype by Bour (1998 b: 1) and reproduced in that work.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11030052.