EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Gopherus flavomarginatus


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Xerobatinae ()
genus...............Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
species..............Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise)
Original Description
Legler 1959 : 337
Holotype
USNM 61253
Type Locality
"30 to 40 miles from Lerdo, Durango, Mexico"
Original name
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Common Name
Bolson Tortoise
Distribution
North-central Mexico
Comments
Reviewed by Auffenberg and Franz (1978d), Smith and Smith (1979), Groombridge (1982), Morafka (1982), Bury et al. (1988 in Morafka and McCoy, 1988), and Morafka et al. (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989).
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