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Texas Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857)

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas

First instance(s) of published English names:
Western Gopher (Xerobates berlandieri: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Texas Gopher (Gopherus berlandieri: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Berlandier's Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Berlandier's Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1857 Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Volume 1. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusets. 452pp.
1947 Mittleman, M. Budd. Notes on Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz). Copeia 1947(3):No page number
1952 Woodbury, Angus M. Hybrids of Gopherus berlandieri and G. agassizii. Herpetologica 8:33-36
1974 Bramble, Dennis M. Occurrence and significance of the Os transiliens in gopher tortoises. Copeia 1974:102-109
1978 Auffenberg, Walter and Franz, Richard. Gopherus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (211):1-2
1978 Auffenberg, Walter and Franz, Richard. Gopherus berlandieri. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (213):1-2
1982 Bramble, Dennis M. Scaptochelys: Generic revision and evolution of gopher tortoises. Copeia 1982(4):852-867

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