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Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Daudin, F. M. 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.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Gopherus
species
Gopherus polyphemus

Name

Synonyms
Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus
Gopherus praecedens Hay, 1916
Testudo depressa Cuvier, 1829
Testudo depressa Guérin-Méneville, 1829
Testudo gopher Gray, 1844
Testudo polyphemus Daudin, 1801
Homonyms
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)
Common names
(Florida) Gopher Tortoise in English
(Florida) Gopher Tortoise in English
Florida Gopherschildkröte in German
Florida Gopherschildkröte in German
Florida gopher tortoise in English
Florida gopher tortoise in English
Florida-Gopherschildkröte in German
Florida-goferskildpadde in Danish
Georgia-Gopherschildkröte in German
Gopher Tortoise in English
Gopher Tortoise in English
Gophère Polyphème in French
Lucv-huehkv in language.
Tartaruga-da-Flórida in Portuguese
Tartaruga-geômis in Portuguese
Testuggine Gopher in Italian
Tortue Gaufrée in French
Tortue de la Floride in French
Tortuga Terrestre de Florida in Spanish
Tortuga de la Florida in Spanish
georgiai üregteknős in Hungarian
Żółw norowy in Polish
želva myší in Czech
Гофер-полифем in Russian
سلحفاة أمريكية in Arabic
سلحفاة جوفر in Arabic
アナホリゴファーガメ in Japanese
佛州穴龜 in Chinese
Gopher Tortoise in English
Gophère Polyphème in French
Tortue Gaufrée in French
Tortue de la Floride in French
Tortuga Terrestre de Florida in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. 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.
  3. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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