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Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop, and Riedle, 2011

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Western Gopher Turtle (Gopherus agassizi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizi: 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

Pertinent LIterature:
2011 Murphy, Robert W., Kristin H. Berry, Taylor Edwards, Alen E. Leviton, Amy Lathrop, and J. Daren Riedle. The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz's land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation. ZooKeys (113):39-71

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