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Gopherus polyphemus
This adorable little guy has orange on the center of each scute with them being outlined with brown. Definitely one of the cutest non-snake reptiles I've ever seen! Found him while helping Georgia DNR with gopher tortoise surveys. The 4th and 5th photos show his tiny little burrow we found him outside of.
Found at the edge of an open field surrounded by pine forest.
Spotted on Mar 18, 2015
Submitted on Apr 12, 2015
5 Comments
Well thank you, but this is a tortoise, not a turtle :)
I was looking for turtle spottings, because I love turtles, and WOW this little guy is so cute and tiny! In my opinion, its SOTD worthy.
That's awesome, Ronald! The little ones are pretty adorable :)
When I was young I found gopher turtles all around my snake hunting areas. Big ones too!
That's so tiny!