Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959 (gopher tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Belongs to Gopherus according to V.-H. Reynoso and M. Montellano-Ballesteros 2004

See also Bramble 1982 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Gopherus (Gopherus), Gopherus (Oligopherus), Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus auffenbergi, Gopherus berlandieri, Gopherus brevisternus, Gopherus depressus, Gopherus donlaloi, Gopherus edae, Gopherus hexagonatus, Gopherus laticuneus, Gopherus mohavensis, Gopherus morafkai, Gopherus polyphemus, Testudo milleri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gopherus flavomarginatus in the database

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