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Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)
Also calledFlorida Gopherschildkröte (deu) · Florida-Gopherschildkröte (deu) · Florida-goferskildpadde (dan) · Georgia-Gopherschildkröte (deu) · Gophère polyphème (fra) · Tartaruga-da-Flórida (por) · Tartaruga-geômis (por) · Testuggine Gopher (ita) · Tortue de la Floride (fra) · Tortue gaufrée (fra) · Tortuga Terrestre de Florida (spa) · Tortuga de la Florida (spa) · georgiai üregteknős (hun) · Żółw norowy (pol)
First described 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.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
9269 identified as syntypes by Bour (2003: 544 – 545). Testudo gopher Bartram in Gray 1844: 4 Syntypes (2): BMNH 1839.10. 18.30 and 1970.1916.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
description
Testudo depressa Guerin-Meneville 1829: Pl. 1, Fig. 1 Syntypes (number uncertain): MNHN 9252 and 9269 identified as syntypes by Bour (2003: 544 – 545).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Gopherus polyphemus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441812.