Gopherus berlandieri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Gopherus
Species: Gopherus berlandieri
Name

Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857: 447)

Type locality: Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.

Etymology: Named after Jean Louis Berlandier (ca. 1805-1851), Belgian biologist, who left Europe for Mexico in 1826 and settled there.

Mentions

Xerobates berlandieri Agassiz 1857: 447
Testudo berlandieri — Boulenger 1889
Gopherus berlandieri — Stejneger 1893
Gopherus polyphemus berlandieri — Mertens & Wermuth 1955
Xerobates berlandieri Ottley & Velázques Solis 1989
Gopherus berlandieri — Conant & Collins 1991: 74
Gopherus berlandieri — Liner 1994
Gopherus berlandieri — Crother 2000

References

Agassiz, L. 1857: Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. vol. 1. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, lii + 452 pp.

Stejneger L. 1893: Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, 7: 159–228. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.7.0002.
Mertens R., Wermuth H. 1955: Die rezenten Schildkröten, Krokodile, und Brückenechsen. Eine kritische Liste der heute lebenden Arten und Rassen. Zoologische Jahrbuecher, 83: 323–440.

Vernacular names
čeština: Želva Berlandierova, želva texaská
Deutsch: Gopherus berlandieri
English: Texas tortoise
日本語: テキサスゴファーガメ
português: Tartaruga-do-Texas