Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995
[= Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995]
Vanzolini, 1995, Rev. Brasil. Biol. 55(1):112, figs. 1–7, 2 of 3 figs. on unnumbered pl.
Paratype: USNM 329467 (formerly MZUSP 3226) (alcoholic male, CL 144 mm), from the type locality, collected by Paulo E. Vanzolini and Maria do Socorro Pinheiro, 9–11 Mar 1993.
Type Locality: “Brasil: Maranhão: Santo Amaro, 02°33′S, 43°14′W.”
Other Type Material: Holotype: MZUSP 3224. Paratypes: MZUSP 3221–23, 3225.
Etymology: The feminine Latin adiutrix, helper, honors Dr. Maria do Socorro Pinheiro, who rediscovered the species and was Vanzolini’s field companion.
Remarks: The specimen was cited as MZUSP 3226 in the original description.
FAMILY GEOEMYDIDAE
- bibliographic citation
- Reynolds, Robert P., Gotte, Steve W., and Ernst, Carl H. 2007. "Catalogue of Type Specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.626
