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Carolus Linnaeus

 

 

Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), the Swedish father of modern systematics and the creator of binomial nomenclature.

The first 13 species of turtles were described in his seminal work:

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. [10th Ed.] Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii, 824 pp. (download pdf)