Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1802)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Reptilia

order

Testudines

family

Testudinidae

genus

Gopherus

species

Gopherus polyphemus

Name

Synonyms

Gopherus polyphemus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955

Testudo atascosae (Hay, 1902)

Testudo depressa Guérinméneville, 1829

Testudo gopher Gray, 1844

Testudo polyphemus Daudin, 1802

Testudo polyphemus Duméril & Bibron, 1835

Homonyms

Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1802)

Gopherus polyphemus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955

Gopherus polyphemus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955

Common names

(Florida) Gopher Tortoise in English

Florida Gopherschildkröte in language.

Florida gopher tortoise in English

Florida gopher tortoise in language.

Gopher Tortoise in English

gopher tortoise in language.

Bibliographic References

1. Allen, E. Ross; Neill, Wilfred T. (1953) Juveniles of the tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus.: Copeia 1953 (2): 128
2. Allen, Morrow J. (1932) A survey of the Amphibians and reptiles of Harrison County, Mississippi.: American Museum Novitates (542): 1-20
3. Ashton Ray E. & Patrica Ashton (2008) THE NATURAL HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GOPHER TORTOISE (GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS DAUDIN).: Krieger Publishing Company, 288 pp.
4. Ashton, R.E., Jr., and Ashton, P.S. (2008) Natural History and Management of the Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus.: Krieger Publishing Company, 275 pp.
5. Ashton, Ray E, Jr., and Amanda Ebenhack. (2008) Gopherus polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise). Record Size.: Herpetological Review 39 (2):214
6. Auffenberg W; Franz R (1978) Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin). Gopher totoise.: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 215: 1-2
7. Auffenberg, W., & Franz, R. (1978) Gopherus Rafinesque: gopher tortoises.: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (211): 1-2 [species accounts in nos. 212-215]
8. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
9. 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.
10. Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill); Cowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman) (1947) Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles.: American Museum novitates (1358)
11. Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
12. Böhme, W. (2005) Der “Savannah River Ecology Site” und seine herpetologischen Highlights.: Herpetofauna 25 (142): 13-21
13. Castellón, Traci D.; Betsie B. Rothermel, and Saif Z. Nomani (2012) Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Burrow Densities in Scrub and Flatwoods Habitats of Peninsular Florida.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology Dec 2012, Vol. 11, No. 2: 153-161.
14. Catano, Christopher P.; James J. Angelo, and I. Jack Stout (2014) Sample Grain Influences the Functional Relationship Between Canopy Cover and Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Burrow Abandonment.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology Dec 2014, Vol. 13, No. 2: 166-172.
15. Cherry, Michael J., Paige Howell, Robert J. Warren and Mike Conner. (2015) Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) coyotes denning in gopher tortois burrow.: Herpetological Review 46 (4): 618
16. Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. (1991) A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed.: Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
17. Crother, B. I. (ed.) (2012) Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition.: Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92
18. 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.
19. Daudin (1802) 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.: F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.
20. DeGregorio, Brett A., Kurt A. Buhlmann, Andrew M. Grosse, Bess B. Harris, Robert V. Horan, III, Tracey D. Tuberville and Brett M. Moule. (2011) Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) burrow associate.: Herpetological Review 42 (3): 421