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Gopherus (gopher tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Gopherus Rafinesque
1857Xerobates Agassiz
1930Gopherus Hay p. 101
1937Bysmachelys Johnston p. 447
1953Gopherus Galbreath p. 38
1961Testudo milleri Brattstrom p. 546
1971Gopherus Auffenberg p. 116
1982Scaptochelys Bramble p. 853 figs. 1-11
1988Gopherus Carroll
1989Gopherus Swingland and Klemens p. 124
1992Xerobates Hutchison
1996Gopherus Frank and Ramus
1996Gopherus Hutchison p. 348
1996Gopherus (Oligopherus) Hutchison p. 348
1998Gopherus Wall and Maddox p. 11
2004Gopherus Joyce et al.
2004Gopherus Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 823
2009Gopherus Anquetin et al.
2014Gopherus de la Fuente et al.
2014Gopherus van Dijk et al.
2018Gopherus Vlachos
2018Oligopherus Vlachos
2018Gopherus Vlachos and Rabi p. 663
2019Gopherus May

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusGopherusRafinesque 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gopherus Rafinesque 1832 [gopher tortoise]
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Subg. †Gopherus (Gopherus) Rafinesque 1832
Gopherus agassizii Cooper 1863 [Mojave desert tortoise]
Gopherus auffenbergi Mooser 1972
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Invalid names: Gopherus pargensis Mooser 1980 [synonym]
Gopherus berlandieri Agassiz 1857
Gopherus brevisternus Loomis 1909
Gopherus depressus Brattstrom 1961
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Invalid names: Gopherus dehiscus Des Lauriers 1965 [synonym]
Gopherus donlaloi Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros 2004
Gopherus edae Hay 1906
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Invalid names: Testudo hollandi Hay 1906 [synonym], Testudo pansa Hay 1908 [synonym], Testudo vaga Hay 1908 [synonym]
Gopherus hexagonatus Cope 1893
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Invalid names: Bysmachelys canyonensis Johnston 1937 [synonym], Gopherus huecoensis Strain 1966 [synonym], Testudo campester Hay 1908 [synonym]
Gopherus laticuneus Cope 1873
Gopherus mohavensis Merriam 1919
Gopherus morafkai Murphy et al. 2011 [Sonoran desert tortoise]
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 [Florida gopher tortoise]
Invalid names: Bysmachelys Johnston 1937 [synonym], Gopherus (Oligopherus) Hutchison 1996 [invalid subgroup], Scaptochelys Bramble 1982 [synonym], Testudo milleri Brattstrom 1961 [nomen dubium], Xerobates Agassiz 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available