. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Kraig Adler: William Bartram's Travels in Southeastern United States (1773-1776) 289. Fig. 11: Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta. Bartram's given name, ""Testudo cae/ata", seems never to have been published. The original painting is uncolored. (American Philosophical Society, B. S. Barton collection [B:B284d]). Nevertheless, the French naturalist Franfois-Marie Daudin based his descriptions of two turtles and a sna- ke on Bartram's notes published in one
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Kraig Adler: William Bartram's Travels in Southeastern United States (1773-1776) 289. Fig. 11: Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta. Bartram's given name, ""Testudo cae/ata", seems never to have been published. The original painting is uncolored. (American Philosophical Society, B. S. Barton collection [B:B284d]). Nevertheless, the French naturalist Franfois-Marie Daudin based his descriptions of two turtles and a sna- ke on Bartram's notes published in one of the French editions (1799 or 1801) of Travels. These species are as follows: Testudo Bartrami Daudin, 1801 [=Apalone ferox (Schneider, 1783)]; Testudo polyphemus Daudin, 1801 [=Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)]; and Coluber melanoleucus Daudin, 1803 [=Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)] (see Table 2). HARPER (1940) provided further details. In addition, an earlier German naturalist, J. G. SCHNEIDER, based his name Bufo rufus {=Bufo terrestris [Bonnaterre, 1789]) on a description of the red-colored variety of a toad, as given in the 1793 German edition of Bartram's book. Rafinesque (1832) based his description of a new tur- tle, Mesodeca bartrami {=Apalone ferox [Schneider, 1783]), on a description in Bartram. Strictly speaking, no credit need be given to Bartram in the formal names for any of these species, yet I suggest that herpetologists might follow a solution taken by the American Ornithologists' Union (1957) to restore proper recognition to Bartram for several bird names. tion to Bartram for several bird names. Following the technical name Vultur atratus (Bechstein, 1793), a line has been added: "Based on Vultur atratus, the black vul- ture or carrion crow of Bartram, Travels, p. 289". 1 think this format would be a fitting way to record the fact that these herpetological descriptions also originated with Bartram. There is one other herpetological name
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