Taxonomic Details for Gopherus polyphemus

Systematic Resumé:

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudines
Suborder	Cryptodira
Superfamily	Testudinoidea
Family	Testudinidae
Genus	Gopherus
Species	Gopherus polyphemus

Common Name:

Gopher Tortoise

Authority:

(Daudin, 1801)

Comments:

Seen near entrance to WMA on Sapelo

ITIS TSN:

173858 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page)

GCE Contact:

Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Gopherus polyphemus
Gopher Tortoise seen near the entrance to the WMA on Sapelo. Photo by John Williams.

Gopherus polyphemus
Gopher Tortoise seen near the entrance to the WMA on Sapelo. Photo by John Williams.

Gopherus polyphemus
Gopher Tortoise seen near the entrance to the WMA on Sapelo. Photo by John Williams.

LTER

NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140, OCE-1832178 and OCE-2425396. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.