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Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Legler, J. M. A new tortoise, genus Gopherus, from north-central Mexico.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Gopherus huecoensis Strain, 1966
Homonyms
Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959
Common names
Appleton Tortoise in English
Bolson Tortoise in English
Bolson tortoise in English
Bolson tortoise in English
Bolson-goferskildpadde in Danish
Galápago de Bolsón in Spanish
Galápago de Bolsón in Spanish
Galápago de Mapimí in Spanish
Galápago de Mapimí in Spanish
Gelbrand-Gopherschildkröte in German
Gophère à Bords Jaunes in French
La Tortuga del Bolsón in Spanish
La Tortuga del Bolsón in Spanish
Mexican Giant Tortoise in English
Mexican Giant Tortoise in English
Mexican Gopher Tortoise in English
Mexican Gopher Tortoise in English
Mexikanische Gopherschildkröte in German
Mexikanische Gopherschildkröte in German
Mexikansk goffersköldpadda in Swedish
Tartaruga-de-Bolson in Portuguese
Tartaruga-de-margem-amarela in Portuguese
Tartaruga-mexicana in Portuguese
Tortue du Mexique in French
Tortue à Bords Jaunes in French
Tortuga Grande in Spanish
Tortuga Grande in Spanish
Tortuga Llanero in Spanish
Tortuga Llanero in Spanish
Tortuga Topo in Spanish
Tortuga del desierto de Mapimí in Spanish
Tortuga llanera in Spanish
Yellow-bordered Tortoise in English
mexikói üregteknős in Hungarian
tortue du Méxique in French
želva pouštní in Czech
Мексиканский гофер in Russian
سلحفاة بولسون in Arabic
سلحفاة مكسيكية اعملاقة in Arabic
メキシコゴファーガメ in Japanese
墨西哥地鼠陸龜 in Chinese
黃緣穴龜 in Chinese
Bolson Tortoise in English
Gophère à Bords Jaunes in French
La Tortuga del Bolsón in Spanish
Mexican Giant Tortoise in English
Tortue du Mexique in French
Tortue à Bords Jaunes in French
Tortuga Grande in Spanish
Tortuga Llanero in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  2. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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