Gopherus agassizii

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Gopherus agassizii

Species Authority:

(Cooper, 1863)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Desert Tortoise
French	–	Gophère D'Agassiz, Tortue D'Agassiz
Spanish	–	Tortuga Del Desierto

Synonym/s:

Xerobates agassizii Cooper, 1863

Xerobates lepidocephalus Ottley & Velázquez-Solis, 1989

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1acde+2cde, E ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

History:

1994	–	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Vulnerable

Countries:	Native: Mexico; United States

Countries:

Native:

Mexico; United States

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Gopherus agassizii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012.
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