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Meylan, P. A. (2006). Introduction to the land tortoises: family testudinidae. In P. A. Meylan (Ed.), Biology and Conservation of Florida Turtles Vol. 3, (pp. 348–349).
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Categories: General Keywords: Gopherus, Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus berlandieri, Gopherus polyphemus, Habitat = habitat, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Systematik = taxonomy, Testudinidae Creators: Meylan Collection: Biology and Conservation of Florida Turtles |
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Testudinidae The land tortoises are represented in Florida by a single species, the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus. There are three other gopher tortoise species—all live in North America: the desert tortoise (G. agassizii) occurs in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts, the Texas tortoise (G. berlandieri) occurs in south Texas and northeast Mexico, and the Bolson tortoise (G. flavomarginata) is restricted to the Mexican Plateau where the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango meet. Land tortoises have suffered serious extinction as human populations have expanded and a significant proportion of living species are currently under threat, including all four of the North American gopher tortoises.
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