Definition of Gopherus

1. Noun. Gopher tortoises.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gopherus

Googling
Gooner
Gooners
Gooniyandi
Goori
Gooris
Goormaghtigh
Goormaghtigh's cells
Goosey Night
Goosnargh
Gopala
Gopalan's syndrome
Gopalganj District
Gopher State
Gopherus
Gopherus polypemus
Goran
Gorbachev
Gorbachevian
Gorbymania
Gordian
Gordian knot
Gordian knots
Gordie
Gordie Howe hat trick
Gordie Howe hat tricks
Gordimer
Gordium

Literary usage of Gopherus

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

1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"gopherus agassizii (Cooper). DESERT TORTOISE. ... gopherus agassizii, STEJNEGER, NA Fauna, No. 7, 1893, p. 161. Description.—Shell broad and deep, ..."

2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"The skin on top of the head is divided into scales. There is but one supra- caudal plate. 3.—gopherus agassizii (Cooper). DESERT TORTOISE. ..."

3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Thus, the range of gopherus polyphemus, one of the gopher turtles, is the coast of the United States from southern South Carolina to Florida and the ..."

4. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Later, Geochelone died out, whereas gopherus has survived at the southern and ... Modern distributions of three gopher tortoises (gopherus; hatching and ..."

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