Definition of Genus xerobates

1. Noun. Possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research.

Exact synonyms: Xerobates
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Testudinidae, Testudinidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Xerobates

genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
genus Woodsia
genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea
genus Xanthium
genus Xanthomonas
genus Xanthorroea
genus Xanthosoma
genus Xenicus
genus Xenopus
genus Xenorhyncus
genus Xenosaurus
genus Xeranthemum
genus Xerobates
genus Xerophyllum
genus Xiphias
genus Xylaria
genus Xylocopa
genus Xylomelum
genus Xylopia
genus Xylosma
genus Xyphophorus
genus Xyris
genus Yucca
genus Zaglossus
genus Zalophus
genus Zamia
genus Zannichellia

Literary usage of Genus xerobates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"TRUE, FREDERICK W. On the North American Land Tortoises of the genus xerobates. <Proceedings US National Museum. IV. 1882. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"The tortoise is provisionally placed in the genus Xerobates, and is specifically probably identical with Testudo undata Cope. ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus xerobates contains the Gopher, X. carolinus, Ag., Testudo polyphemus, Daudin, of the Southern States, which has the shell fourteen to eighteen ..."

4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"... sternum broad and flat, and the legs and feet so arranged that the body is raised free from the ground. The genus xerobates contains the Gopher, ..."

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