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    The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States...
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    species in the genus. Gopherus agassizii live in extremely arid areas that can receive as little as 10–20 cm. per year. Gopherus polyphemus live in mesic habitat...
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    Polyphemus (/ˌpɒliˈfiːməs/; Greek: Πολύφημος, translit. Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polýpʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant...
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    federal government lists Gopherus berlandieri as A (= Threatened) in Mexico. Likewise, using Environmental Vulnerability Scores, Gopherus berlandieri scored...
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    tortoises exist: Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Morafka's desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai). The new species name is in honor of...
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    tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus, Bolson tortoise Gopherus morafkai, Sonoran desert tortoise, Morafka's desert tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, gopher tortoise...
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    Tennessee). Under Gopherus (gopher tortoises), there are Gopherus polyphemus (Georgia's state reptile and Florida's state tortoise) and Gopherus agassizii (California...
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    generally occurred on sandhills, in association with gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows. These burrows can be used as cover from predators, fires...
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    animals are typical of this habitat including the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Sherman's fox squirrel...
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    one, C. vicinella, from the Americas, which feeds on the shells of Gopherus polyphemus, a tortoise from the southeastern United States, but also feeds on...
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    American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) Florida worm lizard (Rhineura...
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    "Multiple paternity and breeding system in the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus". The Journal of Heredity. 97 (2): 150–157. doi:10.1093/jhered/esj017...
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  • to be in decline, almost certainly because the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is under threat; the moth relies on the tortoise in a unique way...
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    (Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum) and the Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Before Hurricane Donna reduced their range in 1960, more than 3...
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    red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), frosted flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum), and striped...
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    but the North American Ceratophaga vicinella feeds on the shells of the tortoise Gopherus polyphemus. A Caterpillar that Eats Tortoise Shells v t e...
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  • insculpta (wood turtle) Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise) Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson tortoise) Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) Graptemys...
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    but rather uses those dug by small rodents or gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). These snakes typically don't move far from their "home burrows"...
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    The Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus), also called the Mexican giant tortoise or yellow-margined tortoise, is a species of tortoise from North...
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    pardalis) Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) African penguin (Spheniscus...
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  • "Multiple paternity and breeding system in the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus". The Journal of Heredity. 97 (2): 150–57. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.572.6767...
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  • nymphal stages are commonly collected from the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, with as many as 19 individual ticks taken from a single tortoise...
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  • Geochelone sulcate or African spurred tortoise Gopherus agassizii or desert tortoise Gopherus polyphemus or Gopher tortoise Indotestudo species Terrapene...
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    S. (1991). "Estimates of survival for juvenile gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus". Journal of Herpetology. 25 (3): 376–379. doi:10.2307/1564605. JSTOR 1564605...
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    baby or juvenile turtles, i.e. the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the common snapping turtle (Chelydra...
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    burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia), sea turtles, gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), and gopher frogs (Lithobates capito). They are opportunistic eaters...
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  • for species †Goniopora tampaensis – type locality for species GopherusGopherus polyphemus Gouldia †Gouldia alta †Gouldia cerina †Gouldia costaricensis...
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  • schistosa, beaked sea snake Eumeces schneiderii, Schneider's skink Gopherus polyphemus, Florida gopher tortoise Hemidactylus triedrus, termite hill gecko...
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  • (Rana capito sevosa or Lithobates sevosus), the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), and the Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus). Other...
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    platynota) Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) Mountain lizard (Lacerta monticola) Eastern box turtles (Terrapene...
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