Gopherus polyphemus

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 polyphemus

Name

Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)

Type locality: Vicinity of Savannah, Georgia (restricted by K.P. Schmidt, 1953).

Synonymy

Testudo polyphemus Daudin, 1801: 256
Testudo depressa Guérin-Méneville, 1829
Testudo Polyphemus — Duméril & Bibron, 1835: 104
Testudo gopher Gray, 1844
Testudo Polyphemus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 220
Gopherus polyphemus — Stejneger 1893
Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus, Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
Gopherus polyphemus — Conant & Collins, 1991: 74
Gopherus polyphemus — Crother, 2000
Gopherus polyphemus — McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2004

References

Primary references

Daudin, F.M. 1801. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Second. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 432 pp. + pls. XVI–XXVIII. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. 2004. Chelonian Illustrations #14: North and South American Tortoises. Reptilia (GB) 34: 47–50.

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva myší
Deutsch: Georgia-Gopherschildkröte
English: Gopher tortoise, Florida Gopher Tortoise
español: Tortuga de la Florida
日本語: アナホリゴファーガメ
português: Tartaruga-da-Flórida

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