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Taxon: Species Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801) - gopher tortoise (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Daudin, in C.S. Sonnini (ed.), [1801])
Original name Daudin, F.M. (1801-1802)[1801]. Sonnini's Buffon, Rept. II: 256 (footnote 1).
Subsequent generic combination

Types

Type ofGopherus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1832 Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.

Combinations

BasionymTestudo polyphemus Daudin, 1801 Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 400.
Former combinationTestudo polyphemus Daudin, 1801 Ref: R. Franz, 2014: 18.

Synonyms

Junior subjective synonymGopherus atascosae (Hay, 1902), nom. dub. Ref: Turtle Extinctions Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.], 2015: 000e.47 (Bramble, 1982).
Junior subjective synonymGopherus praecedens Hay, 1916, nom. dub. Ref: Turtle Extinctions Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.], 2015: 000e.47 (Auffenberg, 1974).
Junior subjective synonymTestudo atascosae Hay, 1902, nom. dub. Ref: Turtle Extinctions Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.], 2015: 000e.47 (Bramble, 1982).

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namegopherschildpad Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namegopher tortoise Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 399.
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