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Gopherus flavomarginatus LEGLER, 1959

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Higher TaxaTestudinidae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mexican Gopher Tortoise, Bolson tortoise
G: Mexikanische Gopherschildkröte
S: Galápago de Bolsón 
SynonymGopherus flavomarginatus LEGLER 1959
Gopherus flavomarginatus— AUFFENBERG & FRANZ 1978
Gopherus flavomarginatus — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 271
Gopherus flavomarginatus — LINER 1994
Gopherus flavomarginatus — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2004
Gopherus flavomarginatus — TTWG 2014
Gopherus flavomarginatus — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMexico (Bolson de Mapimi, which borders on SE Chihuahua, SW Coahuila, and NE Durango)

Type locality: "30 to 40 miles north from Lerdo, Durango, Mexico".  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: USNM 61253, paratype: KU 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3650 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyFrom latin flāvus meaning yellow and margō, meaning margins, in reference to the coloration yellow on the margins of their carapace. 
References
  • Adest, G. A.;Aguirre, G.;Morafka, D. J.;Jarchow, J. V. 1989. Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) conservation: I. Life history. Vida Sylvestre Neotropical 2 (1): 7-13
  • Auffenberg, W., & Franz, R. 1978. Gopherus Rafinesque: gopher tortoises. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (211): 1-2 [species accounts in nos. 212-215] - get paper here
  • Auffenberg, W., and R. Franz. 1978. Gopherus flavomarginatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 214: 1-2. - get paper here
  • Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006. Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • García-De la Peña, Cristina; Estefanía Garduño-Niño, Felipe Vaca-Paniagua, Clara Díaz-Velásquez, Cameron W. Barrows, Bruno Gomez-Gil, and Luis Manuel Valenzuela-Núñez 2019. Comparison of the Fecal Bacterial Microbiota Composition Between Wild and Captive Bolson Tortoises (Gopherus flavomarginatus). Herp. Conserv. Biology 14 (3): - get paper here
  • García-De la Peña, Cristina; Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas, Jorge A. Zegbe-Domínguez, Luis Manuel Valenzuela-Núñez, César A. Meza Herrera, Quetzaly Siller-Rodríguez, Verónica Ávila-Rodríguez 2019. Hematological parameters of the Bolson tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus in Mexico Acta Herpetologica 14 (2): 123-128 - get paper here
  • Garcia-Feria, Luis M.; Cinthya A. Urena-Aranda 2018. Nonspecific coprophagy of a freeranging neonate Gopherus flavomarginatus LEGLER, 1959. Herpetozoa 30 (3/4): 209 - 211 - get paper here
  • González Trápaga, R. & Aguirre Léon, G. 2006. Gopherus flavomarginatus - the Bolson Tortoise. Reptilia (GB) (49): 22-27 - get paper here
  • González Trápaga, R. & Aguirre León, G. 2006. Gopherus flavomarginatus, die mexikanische Gopherschildkröte. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (62): 28-34 - get paper here
  • HERRERA-FLORES, JORGE A. 2022. GOPHERUS FLAVOMARGINATUS (Bolson Tortoise). MORTALITY. Herpetological Review 53 (1): 118–119.
  • Lamb, Trip;Avise, John C.;Gibbons, J. Whitfield 1989. Phylogeographic patterns in mitochondrial DNA of the desert tortoise (Xerobates agassizi), and evolutionary relationships among the North American gopher tortoises. Evolution 43 (1): 76-87 - get paper here
  • Lamb, Trip;Lydeard, Charles 1994. A molecular phylogeny of the gopher tortoises, with comments on familial relationships within the Testudinoidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 3 (4): 283-291 - get paper here
  • Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here
  • Legler, J.M. 1959. A new tortoise, genus Gopherus, from north-central Mexico. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 11: 335-343. - get paper here
  • Legler, J.M.& Vogt, R.C. 2013. The Turtles of Mexico: Land and Freshwater Forms. University of California Press, 416 pp. - get paper here
  • Legler, John M.;Webb, Robert G. 1961. Remarks on a collection of Bolson tortoises, Gopherus flavomarginatus. Herpetologica 17 (1): 26-37 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Gadsden-Esparza H, Valdez-Lares R, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65-87 - get paper here
  • McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Ouni, M. 2004. Chelonian Illustrations #14: North and South American Tortoises. Reptilia (GB) (34): 47-50 - get paper here
  • Morafka, D.J. 1982. The status and distribution of the Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Report 12: 71-94.
  • Nichols, Richard A. 1989. Mitochondrial DNA clues to gopher tortoise dispersal. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4: 192 - get paper here
  • Rioja-Paradela, Tamara M.; Arturo Carrillo-Reyes, Gamaliel Castañeda-Gaytán, Sara Valenzuela-Ceballos, Consuelo Lorenzo-Monterrubio & Carolina Orantes-García 2024. And Now, Where Will We Take Refuge? Climate Change Effect on Gopherus flavomarginatus and Its Accompanying Vertebrates Herpetologica Mar 2024 Vol. 80, No. 1: 22-29 - get paper here
  • TTWG [Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, Anders G.J. Rhodin, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Roger Bour] 2014. Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status. 000.v7. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - get paper here
  • TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. - get paper here
  • Ureña-Aranda, Cinthya Alejandra; de los Monteros, Alejandro Espinosa 2012. The genetic crisis of the Mexican Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus: Testudinidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 33 (1): 45-53 - get paper here
  • Valdez-Lares, R.; R. Muñiz-Martínez; E.Gadsden; G. Aguirre-León; G. Castañeda-Gaytán; R. Gonzalez-Trápaga 2013. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, México. Check List 9 (4):714-724 - get paper here
  • Valenzuela, Sara Isabel; Gamaliel Castañeda 2018. Predator activity associated with Gopherus flavomarginatus burrows. Herpetology Notes 11: 387-389 - get paper here
  • Valverde, J. 2011. Die Schildkröten Mexikos. Reptilia (Münster) 16 (91): 16-23 - get paper here
  • Winchell, S. 2006. Tortoises of North America - an overview of the genus Gopherus. Reptilia (GB) (49): 9-15 - get paper here
  • Winchell, S. & Love, B. 2006. Die Landschildkröten Nordamerikas. Ein Überblick über die Gattung Gopherus. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (62): 20-27 - get paper here
  • Zylstra, E. 2007. The Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus): King of the (re-) wild frontier. Sonoran Herpetologist 20 (5):50-54. - get paper here
 
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