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Gopherus berlandieri

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Description

Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz 1857:447)

Syntypes (5): USNM 59 (probably one of the two specimens included in USNM 60; Reynolds et al. 2007:33), 60 (2 specimens; both photographed in Bour 2017:64–65), 75, 222511 (originally USNM 85; photographed in Bour 2017:62–63), 222512 (originally USNM Osteo 1528 and later USNM Osteo 29610; Reynolds et al. 2007:33). Cochran (1961:236), Auffenberg & Franz (1978:1), and Smith & Smith (1980:622) each erroneously listed only USNM 60 (2 specimens) as syntypes. USNM 60 (2) designated lectotype by Bour (2017:61).

Testudo tuberculata Berlandier 1850:287

Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; Plate V in the original description designated lectotype by Bour (2017:57, Fig. 3).

Testudo bicolor Berlandier 1850:287

Holotype: Not designated (Bour 2017:57).

Gopherus auffenbergi t Mooser 1972:61

Holotype: FC 500.

Gopherus evgoodei Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Meléndez-Torres, & Murphy 2016:140

Holotype: AMNH 164160 (photographed in the original description, pp. 143–149, Fig. 6–14); paratypes (3), AMNH 64157, 64158, and ROM 53301 (formerly AMNH 64159).

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Material sample ID
AMNH 64159
Scientific name authorship
Agassiz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Gopherus
Species
berlandieri
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857) sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Agassiz, L. (1857) Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classification. Part II. North American Testudinata. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, pp. 1 - 452.
  • Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626
  • Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220
  • Auffenberg, W. & Franz, R. (1978) Gopherus berlandieri. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 213, 1 - 2.
  • Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [" 1979 "]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548
  • Murphy, J. B. (2016) Conservation initiatives and studies on tortoises, turtles, and terrapins mostly in zoos and aquariums. Part. II - Suborder Pleurodira, Suborder Cryptodira, sea turtles. Herpetologica Review, 47, 501 - 512.