Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Murphy, Robert W.;Kristin H. Berry, Taylor Edwards, Alan E. Leviton, Amy Lathrop, J. Daren Riedle. 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.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Testudinidae
- genus
- Gopherus
- species
- Gopherus morafkai
Name
- Synonyms
- Xerobates agassizii Cooper, 1861
- Homonyms
- Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011
- Common names
- Morafka's Desert Tortoise in Английский
- Morafka's desert tortoise in language.
- Morafka’s Desert Tortoise in Английский
- Sonoran Desert Tortoise in Английский
- Sonoran desert tortoise in Английский
Bibliographic References
- Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
- Edwards, Taylor, Alice E. Karl, Mercy Vaughn, Philip C. Rosen, Cristina M. Torres, and R. W. Murphy, 2016: The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai-G. agassizii group. ZooKeys, no. 562. 131-158.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.