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Scientific Name
Gopherus agassizii
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861)
Park
Death Valley National Park (DEVA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Desert Tortoise
Park Synonyms
Xerobates agassizii, Testudo agassizii, Gopherus polyphemus agassizii
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Testudines |
| Suborder | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily | Testudinoidea |
| Family | Testudinidae |
| Subfamily | Xerobatinae |
| Genus | Gopherus |
| Species | Gopherus agassizii |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Primarily distributed in the southern half of DEVA, and greatest densities are in Greenwater Valley and valleys west of Owlshead Mountains (Boland and Goodlett 1997). Densitity guesstimates ranged from 20-50 per square mile (Boland and Goodlett 1997).
Management Tags
-
Exploitation Concern
Many species of reptiles are subject to collection for the pet trade.
-
Management Priority
Desert tortoise is a federally threatened species (the Mojave desert population).
Seasonality Tags
- Resident
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
141
References
Vouchers
11
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
MED - I & M office
Created Date
2/5/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
aloar@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
4/15/2014 12:16:11 PM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Turner and Wauer (1962); Glenn and Goodlett (1997); Persons & Nowak 2006 (654476): Title from DVD: FinalReport_DEVA_AmphibRept_May2006.doc. Local List Details: Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2008. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, pp. 1–84. SSAR Herpetological Circular 37. Online at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php (last accessed December 10, 2013).
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