Gopherus polyphemus

Gopherus polyphemus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Anapsida Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Gopherus
Species: Gopherus polyphemus

Name

Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1802: 256)

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

Mentions

• Testudo polyphemus Daudin, 1802: 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

• Daudin, F.M. 1802: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l'Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2. F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.

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

Vernacular Name

English: Florida Gopher Tortoise
日本語: アナホリゴファーガメ
português: Tartaruga-da-Flórida