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Taxon: Genus Scaptochelys Bramble, 1982 (reptile)
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Authorship

Original name Bramble, D.M. 1982. Copeia 1982 (4): 853 ("new genus").
Original rank loc. cit.
Original spelling loc. cit.

Etymology

Greek (subst.) scaptos, digger. Ref: D.M. Bramble, 1982: 853.
Greek (subst.) chelys, tortoise. Ref: D.M. Bramble, 1982: 853.

Types

Type, by original designationScaptochelys agassizii (Cooper, 1861) Ref: D.M. Bramble, 1982: abstract. [new]
Type, by original designationXerobates agassizii Cooper, 1861 Ref: D.M. Bramble, 1982: 853. [new]

Synonyms

InGopherus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1832 Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 399.
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