Gopherus polypemus vs gopher turtle

Gopherus polypemus and gopher turtle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gopherus polypemus	Yes	No	No	No
gopher turtle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Gopherus polypemus and gopher turtle are synonyms defined as:

Gopherus polypemus and gopher turtle: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Other synonyms of Gopherus polypemus include gopher, gopher tortoise.

Gopherus polypemus (noun)	gopher turtle (noun)
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America