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Gopher Tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Description:

This fallen tree had been there for years, but this tortoise home is new. It could not have picked a more impressive looking place to make a home

Habitat:

Sandy pine, oak, and saw palmetto forest

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

This is a lovely and interesting spotting. To make it complete, and useful to researchers using this site for data, please edit this and add a reference about this species in the reference field of your spotting. Please do this for each photo you post. Thanks for helping to make Project Noah a complete reference tool for scientists.

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Dec 9, 2014
Submitted on Dec 12, 2014

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