Testudo graeca zarudnyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo
Species: Testudo graeca
Subspecies: Testudo graeca zarudnyi

Name

Testudo graeca zarudnyi Nikolsky, 1896

• Holotype: ZISP 8738. 19.VI.1896. legit N.A. Zarudny.
• Type locality: “Birdschan” [Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran, 32.87 N 59.22 E].

Synonymy

• Testudo zarudnyi Nikolsky, 1896: 369 [original combination]
• Testudo graeca zarudnyi — Rhodin et al., 2017 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Nikolski, A.M. 1896. Diagnoses Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny collectorum. Annuaire du Musée zoologique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg 1(4): 369–372. (Latin) BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ananjeva, N.B., Milto, K.D., Barabanov, A.V. & Golynsky, E.A. 2010. An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A. Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia. Zootaxa 4722(2): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1. . Reference page.