Gopherus

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: G. agassizii – G. berlandieri – † G. donlaloi – G. evgoodei – G. flavomarginatus – † G. laticaudata – G. morafkai – † G. pargensis – † G. pertenuis – G. polyphemus –

Name

• Gopherus Rafinesque, 1832

Synonyms

• Gopherus Rafinesque 1815:74 (nomen nudum)
• Gopherus Rafinesque 1832:64
  • Xerobates Agassiz 1857a:252
  • Bysmachelys Johnston 1937:439
  • Scaptochelys Bramble 1982:852

References

• Edwards, T., Karl, A., Vaughn, M., Rosen, P., Torres, C.M. & Murphy, R.W. 2016. The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group. ZooKeys 562: 131–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.562.6124 Reference page. 
• Murphy, R.W.; Berry, K.H.; Edwards, T.; Leviton, A.E.; Lathrop, A.; Riedle, J.D. 2011: The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz’s land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation. ZooKeys, 113: 39–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.113.1353
• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gopher Tortoises