Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959

Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959

[= Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959]

Legler, 1959, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 11(5): 337, fig. 1, pls. 7, 8.

Holotype: USNM 61253 (stuffed adult, sex unknown, with disassociated skull, CL “222 mm”), collected by Dr. August Busck, date unknown, cataloged 7 Dec 1918 (see “Remarks”).

Type Locality: “30 to 40 miles from Lerdo, Durango, Mexico.”

Paratypes: USNM 60976 (stuffed adult of unknown sex with skull separate, CL “246 mm”), Durango, collected by Dr. Elswood Chaffee, May 1918; USNM 61254 (stuffed adult of unknown sex, CL “371 mm”), same locality and collection data as for the holotype (see “Remarks”).

Other Type Material: Paratypes: KU 39415, UIMNH 42953–54.

Etymology: The name flavomarginatus is from the Latin flavos, yellow, and marginis, border, referring to the pale lateral rims of the carapace.

Remarks: The USNM catalog records for the holotype and paratype 61254 have Dr. August Busck as the collector and donor, but Legler (1959:337) states that these specimens were obtained by Dr. Elswood Chaffee in 1918. He also gives the locality of paratype USNM 60976 as “Lerdo, Durango,” but only “Durango, Mex.” is recorded in the catalog.