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Desert Tortoise

Gopherus agassizi

Description:

Desert Tortoise - 11" long

Habitat:

Sonoran Desert

Notes:

First Desert Tortoise spotted at Hacienda Tucson in 18 years. Near Saguaro National Park West

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3 Comments

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Love the 3rd picture of him almost hiding but not quite. Welcome to Project Noah. I look forward to seeing more photos from your region.

peter
peter 12 years ago

You should submit this to the BioBlitz mission

1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

Very nice detail on the shell.

constance.negley
Spotted by
constance.negley

Tucson, Arizona

Spotted on Oct 1, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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