South African helmeted terrapin/Tartaruga d'acqua dolce dall'elmo sudafricana

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Zoology

South African helmeted terrapin/Tartaruga d'acqua dolce dall'elmo sudafricana

Pelomedusa galeata Schoepff, 1792

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara scientists

Pelomedusa Subrufa Lacép

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, F. Steindachner, "Reptilien":

"Two specimens from the Cape of Good Hope" (p. 6)

References

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, F. Steindachner, "Reptilien", p. 6

J.D. Schoepff, Joannis Davidis Schoepff Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata, Erlangae, J.J. Palm, 1792-[1801], p. 12

Links

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pelomedusa&species=galeata&search_param=%28%28taxon%3D%27Pelomedusidae%27%29%29

Details

State of
preservation

good

Collection
date

2-26 October 1857

Collection
place

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

1293

Dimension
(cm)

20x11x5 cm

IUCN index

lower risk

State of
preservation

Anoniem

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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