Gopherus berlandieri

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: Gopherus
Species: Gopherus berlandieri

Name

Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857: 447)

Type locality: Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.

Etymology: Named after Jean Louis Berlandier (ca. 1805-1851), Belgian biologist, who left Europe for Mexico in 1826 and settled there.

Mentions

Xerobates berlandieri Agassiz 1857: 447
Testudo berlandieri — Boulenger 1889
Gopherus berlandieri — Stejneger 1893
Gopherus polyphemus berlandieri — Mertens & Wermuth 1955
Xerobates berlandieri Ottley & Velázques Solis 1989
Gopherus berlandieri — Conant & Collins 1991: 74
Gopherus berlandieri — Liner 1994
Gopherus berlandieri — Crother 2000

References

Agassiz, L. 1857: Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. vol. 1. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, lii + 452 pp.

Stejneger L. 1893: Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, 7: 159–228. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.7.0002.
Mertens R., Wermuth H. 1955: Die rezenten Schildkröten, Krokodile, und Brückenechsen. Eine kritische Liste der heute lebenden Arten und Rassen. Zoologische Jahrbuecher, 83: 323–440.

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva Berlandierova, želva texaská
Deutsch: Gopherus berlandieri
English: Texas tortoise
日本語: テキサスゴファーガメ
português: Tartaruga-do-Texas