Xerobates

　

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1. possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research (同)genus Xerobates

English Journal

• The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz's land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation.

• Murphy RW1, Berry KH, Edwards T, Leviton AE, Lathrop A, Riedle JD.
• ZooKeys.Zookeys.2011;(113):39-71. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.113.1353. Epub 2011 Jun 28.
• We investigate a cornucopia of problems associated with the identity of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Cooper). The date of publication is found to be 1861, rather than 1863. Only one of the three original cotypes exists, and it is designated as the lectotype of the species. Another cotype
• PMID 21976992

• Digesta passage and functional anatomy of the digestive tract in the desert tortoise (Xerobates agassizii).

• Barboza PS1.
• Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology.J Comp Physiol B.1995;165(3):193-202.
• The herbivorous tortoise Xerobates agassizii contends with large fluctuations in the quality and abundance of desert pastures. Responses to grass (Schismus barbatus), herbage (Sphaeralcea ambigua) and pelleted diets were studied in captive animals. Digestive anatomy was investigated in wild tortoise
• PMID 7665734

• Chronic upper respiratory tract disease of free-ranging desert tortoises (Xerobates agassizii).

• Jacobson ER1, Gaskin JM, Brown MB, Harris RK, Gardiner CH, LaPointe JL, Adams HP, Reggiardo C.
• Journal of wildlife diseases.J Wildl Dis.1991 Apr;27(2):296-316.
• Seventeen desert tortoises, Xerobates agassizii, with upper respiratory tract disease were examined; thirteen were euthanatized for necropsy. Four normal control desert tortoises from a clinically healthy population were similarly evaluated. Hemoglobin and phosphorus values were significantly (P les
• PMID 2067052

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• California Gopherus (Xerobates) agassizii Dietary Needs

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