Gopherus

Taxonavigation

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

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.L., 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. & 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. PDF.
• 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. 

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