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Taxon: Species Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861) - Mojave desert tortoise (reptile)

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Variants

Different termination

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Gopherus agassizi

Combinations

Basionym	:	*Xerobates agassizii* Cooper, 1861		Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 399.
Former combination	:	*Scaptochelys agassizii* (Cooper, 1861)		Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 399.
Former combination	:	*Xerobates agassizii* Cooper, 1861		Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 399.

Synonyms

Junior subjective synonym

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Xerobates lepidocephalus Ottley & Velázquez Solis, 1989

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

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	Mojave desert tortoise	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 399.
	:	Agassiz's desert tortoise	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 399.
	:	desert tortoise

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