Global conservation status: vulnerable (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

Classification
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All Names

  • Scientific names
    • Testudo polyphemus
    • Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus,
    • Testudo depressa
    • Testudo gopher
    • Gopherus polyphemus
    • Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus
  • German
    • Florida Gopherschildkröte
  • English
    • (Florida) Gopher Tortoise
    • Gopher Tortoise
  • French
    • Tortue Gaufrée
    • Tortue De La Floride
    • Gophère Polyphème
  • Unknown
    • (Florida) Gopher Tortoise
  • Frence
    • Goph
    • Tortue De La Floride
    • Tortue Gaufr
  • Spanish
    • Tortuga Terrestre De Florida

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Recent Observations

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What

Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus

Observer

awebster

Date

May 16, 2012
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Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus

Observer

awebster

Date

May 20, 2012
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What

Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus

Observer

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Date

Mar 18, 2012 12:17 PM EDT

Description

Jason Sharp;
Boyd Hill, Pinellas County, Florida

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Description from Wikipedia

Gopherus polyphemus is a gopher tortoise species native to the southeast United States. G. polyphemus is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for hundreds of other species. They are threatened by predation and habitat destruction.

No range data available.