Gopherus

Butch Norden has identified it as a Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).

Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009

The threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in burrows and frequents desert oases, washes, and riverbanks throughout the Sonoran.

Sonoran desert 2009

Butch Norden has identified it as a Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus.

Gopher tortoise in Florida AYDIN 2009

Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), Florida, United States.

Southeastern conifer forests 2008

Mature long-leaf pine forests are of particular importance to endangered species such as the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the declining gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).

Southeastern conifer forests 2008

Desert Tortoise ( '' Gopherus agassizii ''), Nevada, United States.

Mojave desert 2008

Endemic turtles include the Bolsón desert turtle (Gopherus flavomarginatus), Coahuilan box turtle (Terrapene coahuila) and several softshells turtles.

Chihuahuan desert 2008

A new tortoise, genus Gopherus, from north-central

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

Both the Shoshones and the coyotes are fond of the flesh of Gopherus agassizii, the turtle that by feeding on buds, going without drink, and burrowing in the sand through the winter, contrives to live a known period of twenty-five years.

The Land of Little Rain 1903

Both the Shoshones and the coyotes are fond of the flesh of Gopherus agassizii, the turtle that by feeding on buds, going without drink, and burrowing in the sand through the winter, contrives to live a known period of twenty-five years.

The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901