CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 121 



Deirochelys (GENUS) 



AGASSIZ, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 441 

 TYPE: reticulata = reticularia 



Deirochelys reticularia (LATREILLE) 

 CHICKEN TURTLE 



Testudo reticularia LATREILLE 



Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 1, 1802, p. 124. 

 Deirochelys reticularia GRAY 



Suppl. Cat. Shield Rept. Brit. Mus., Pt. 1, 1870, p. 39 (part). 

 TYPE LOCALITY: Carolina. 



KANGE : Coastal Plain from Beaufort, North Carolina to and in- 

 cluding the Mississippi alluvial plain; south to central Florida. 



Gopherus (GENUS) 



RAFINESQUE, Atlantic Journ., Vol. 1, No. 2, 1832, p. 64 

 TYPE: polyphemus 



GOPHER-TURTLES 



Gopherus agassizii (COOPER) 

 Xerobates agassizii COOPER 



Proc. California Ac. Sci., Vol. 2, 1863, p. 120. 

 Gopherus agassizii STEJNEGER 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: Mountains near Ft. Mojave, California. 

 RANGE : Deserts of southwestern Arizona, and southeastern Cali- 

 fornia into Nevada. 



Gopherus berlandieri (AGASSIZ) 

 Xerobates berlandieri AGASSIZ 



Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 447, Vol. 2, pi. 3, figs. 17-19. 

 Gopherus berlandieri STEJNEGER 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: Lower Rio Grande, Texas. 

 RANGE : Southwestern corner of Texas into northeastern Mexico. 



Gopherus polyphemus (DAUDIN) 

 Testudo polyphemus DAUDIN 



Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 2, 1803, p. 256. 

 Gopherus polyphemus STEJNEGER 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 161. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: Savanna and Altamaha Rivers, Georgia. 

 RANGE : Coast from southern South Carolina to Florida and the 

 Mississippi River north into southern Arkansas. 



