Goode's Thornscrub Tortoise
The Goode's thornscrub tortoise or Sinaloan thornscrub tortoise or Sinaloan desert tortoise or Goode's desert tortoise (''Gopherus evgoodei'') is a species of tortoise that is native to the Sinaloan desert region. First described in 2016, ''G. evgoodei'' inhabits Tropical Deciduous Forest and Sinaloan Desertscrub biomes in Mexico. Its range may overlap in the north with ''G. morafkai'', the Morafka's or Sonoran desert tortoise. Goode's thornscrub tortoise is named for Eric V. Goode, a conservationist, naturalist, and founder of the Turtle Conservancy Taxon history Bogert and Oliver were the first researchers to notice a distinct morphology in the southern range of what was then considered ''G. agassizii,'' but could not confirm a new species due to limitations of small sample size Edwards et al. sampled 233 tortoises that represented Sonoran and Sinaloan lineages of ''G. morafkai.'' The authors then conducted a large-scale genetic analysis that when combined with significant ...
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Sonoran Desert Tortoise
The Sonoran Desert tortoise (''Gopherus morafkai''), or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a species of tortoise native to the Sonoran Desert. Taxon history In 2011, on the basis of DNA, geographic, and behavioral differences between desert tortoises east and west of the Colorado River, it was decided that two species of desert tortoises exist: Agassiz's desert tortoise (''Gopherus agassizii'') and Morafka's desert tortoise (''Gopherus morafkai'').Genetic Analysis Splits Desert Tortoise into Two Species
US Geological Survey (2011-06-28). Retrieved on 2019-08-22. ''G. morafkai'' occurs east of the Colorado River in Arizona, as well as in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico. The new species name is in honor of the late Professor David Joseph Morafka ...
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