Egyptian Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883
Also calledEgyptische Landschildpad (nld) · Egyptisk landskildpadde (dan) · Tartaruga-do-egipto (por) · Tortue d'Egypte (fra) · Tortue de Kleinmann (fra) · Tortuga de Plastrón Articulado (spa) · Tortuga egipcia (spa) · egyiptomi teknős (hun) · egyptinkilpikonna (fin) · Ägyptische Landschildkröte (deu) · żółw egipski (pol) · želva egyptská (ces) · Египетская черепаха (rus) · צב-יבשה מדברי (heb)
First described in: Lortet, L. Etudes zoologiques sur la faune du Lac de Tiberiade. Poissons et Reptiles du lac de Tibériade de de Quelques Autres Parties de la Syrie.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Holotype: BMNH 1947.3. 4.35 (formerly 1869.8.28.5; illustrated in the original description, p. 503); although the original description explicitly refers to a single type specimen, MCZ 5081 is listed as syntype in the MCZ online catalog, but that specimen is not listed by Barbour & Loveridge (1929 or 1946).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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Holotype: HUJ 949 (photographed in the original description; p. 577, Fig. 3; also photographed in Vetter 2002: 76); paratypes (19), BMNH 1900.2.8.11, 1933.9.3.5 - 6, and 1933.9.3.12 and 14; HUJ 989, 16047 - 48; TAU 5636, 6295, 7468, 8363, 11898, 12022, 12712, 12769, 13397, 14120, and 14126. HUJ 989 photographed in Werner (2016: 122).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
materials_examined
Syntypes (number uncertain): includes at least BMNH 1947.3.4.35; MCZ 5081; MHNL 42000413 - 14, 42006110, 42006125, 42006132, and 42006138; MNHN DC 183, 1878 - 602, 1878 - 603 (lost), 1987 - 971, 1876 - 416, 1992 - 197, and 9462; USNM 10979 (formerly MNHN 21; Cochran 1961: 235; Reynolds et al. 2007: 31). BMNH 1888.4.24.2 may also be a syntype (Reynolds et al. 2007: 32); SMF 7810 inappropriately designated lectotype by Mertens (1967: 52); that specimen is not a syntype (Perälä 2001 a: 579). MG 42000414 designated lectotype by Perälä (2001 a: 579). Syntypes BMNH 1947.3.4.35 and MCZ 5081 are also syntypes of Testudo leithii Gunther.
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 2441511.