I have not seen the type. Garden's original description (_in_ Pennant, 1772:268-271) leaves little doubt that the text subject is a large adult female of _ferox_ (see especially the statements, "fore part, [of carapace] just where it covers the head and neck, is studded full of large knobs, [and] The under, or belly plate, ... is ... extended forward two or three inches more than the back plate, ..."). I am indebted to Mr. J. C. Battersby, British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology (Reptiles), for information concerning the type and for comparing it with the text description and three figures published by Pennant. The carapace of the type is approximately 16 inches long, 13-1/2 inches wide, and has low, flattened, knoblike tubercles along the anterior edge. Some inaccuracies on the part of the artist (such as five claws on both feet on the right side of Fig. 3, and four claws on the left front foot of Fig. 2 are evident), and slight changes in the proportions of the type would have occurred after death and preservation. It is the opinion of Mr. Battersby that the type, text description and three figures represent one specimen. Figures 1 and 2, dorsal and ventral views respectively, probably represent the same specimen from life; the neck is withdrawn and the tail tip is visible in dorsal view, but concealed beneath the posterior edge of the carapace in ventral view. Presumably the same specimen (probably drawn from dried and stuffed animal) is depicted in Figure 3 (dorsal view); the neck is fully extended and a large part of the thick, pyramidal tail is visible in dorsal view. British Museum (Natural History) 1947.3.6.17 is considered a holotype. The three figures published by Pennant have been duplicated by Schoepff (1795:Pl. 19) and Duméril and Bibron (1835:482). To my knowledge, the holotype was first specifically designated as the "(Type.)" of _T. ferox_ by Boulenger (1889:259). The skull of the holotype is figured by Stejneger (1944:Pl. 5). Garden did not list a specific locality for the two specimens that he sent to London, but did mention that the turtle was common in the Savannah and Altamaha rivers (of Georgia), and rivers in east Florida. Boulenger (_loc. cit._) stated that the locality of the holotype was "Georgia." Baur (1893:220) restricted the type locality to the "Savannah river, Ga." Neill (1951:17), who believed _T. ferox_ to be absent from the Savannah River, changed the type locality of _ferox_ to east Florida. Schwartz (1956:8) reappraised the status of softshells in Georgia and Florida and reëstablished the Savannah River (at Savannah), Georgia, as the type locality of _T. ferox_. Pennant failed to use binomial nomenclature when he published the type description of Garden. The first name-combination (_Testudo ferox_) was proposed by Schneider (1783:220).