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Gopherus polyphemus (Florida gopher tortoise)
Taxonomy
Testudo polyphemus was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant. It is the type species of Gopherus.
It was recombined as Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus by Hutchison (1996); it was recombined as Gopherus polyphemus by Hay (1930), Brattstrom (1961), Bramble (1982), Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus by Hutchison (1996); it was recombined as Gopherus polyphemus by Hay (1930), Brattstrom (1961), Bramble (1982), Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Gopherus polyphemus Hay p. 101 |
| 1961 | Gopherus polyphemus Brattstrom p. 551 |
| 1982 | Gopherus polyphemus Bramble p. 854 |
| 1996 | Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus Hutchison p. 350 |
| 2004 | Gopherus polyphemus Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 824 |
| 2014 | Gopherus polyphemus van Dijk et al. |
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Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 [Florida gopher tortoise]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available