Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr 1940)
- Dataset
- A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Barbour, T. & Carr, A. F. Jr. (1940) Antillean terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 54 (5), 381 - 415.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Emydidae
- genus
- Trachemys
- species
- Trachemys decorata
materials_examined
Holotype: MCZ 34134 (illustrated in the original description, p. 405, Fig. 3; Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177); paratypes (7), MCZ 34128 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 5, and Pl. 8, Fig. 3), 34129 - 34131, 34132 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 8, Fig. 8), 34133 (illustrated in the original description; Pl. 8, Fig. 1), and 34135 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177).
materials_examined
Holotype: MCZ 34340 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177); illustrated in the original description, p. 403, Fig. 2); paratypes (12), MCZ 33948, 34334 - 39, and 34341 - 45 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177). Fritz et al. (1994: 168) reported that the MCZ catalog (presumably an error) indicates that ZMB 37776 (formerly MCZ 34346) is a paratype. Pseudemys granti Barbour & Carr 1941: 59 Holotype: MCZ 46045 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177; Seidel 1988: 29); paratypes (5), MCZ 44854 - 57 and 46046 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 177).
materials_examined
Holotype: MCZ 36862 (photographed in Seidel 1988: 33); paratypes (20), MCZ 36851 - 54, 36855 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 9, Figs. 3 – 4), 36856 - 57, 36859 - 61, 36863 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 2, Fig. 7, and Pl. 7, Fig. 3), 36864 - 66 (Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 176 – 177; USNM 59093 - 96 and 81091 (Cochran 1961: 234; Reynolds et al. 2007: 18); and ZMB 38082 (formerly MCZ 36858, which was listed as a paratype by Barbour & Carr 1940: 409 and Barbour & Loveridge 1946: 176; Fritz et al. 1994: 167). Trachemys decussata (Bell in Griffiths & Pidgeon 1830: 76) Syntypes (at least 8): BMNH 1947.3.4.79 (photographed in Barbour & Carr 1940: Pl. 1; erroneously listed as holotype by Seidel 1988: 27; King & Burke 1989: 60, and Iverson 1992: 206); OUM 8452 - 58 (Nowak-Kemp & Fritz 2010: 9).
materials_examined
Holotype: RCSM 990 (illustrated in the original description, Pl. 4; photographed in Barbour & Carr 1940: Pl. 1; see also Mittleman 1947: 173). Mistakenly listed as “ not designated ” by Seidel (1988: 23). See Trachemys terrapen. Emys vermiculata Gray 1844: 25 Holotype: Originally in the BMNH, but now lost (Seidel 1988: 27). Emys jamao Vilaró 1867: 121 Holotype: Not designated (Seidel 1988: 27). Emys gnatho Vilaró 1867: 204 Holotype: Not designated (Seidel 1988: 27).