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The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada. [6] The desert tortoise lives about 50 to 80 years; [7] it grows slowly and generally has a low reproductive rate. It spends most of its time in burrows, rock shelters, and pallets to regulate body temperature and reduce water loss.
The Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species G. berlandieri is one of six species of tortoises that are native to North America. Geographic range
Mojave desert tortoise: Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1863) Endemic to USA. Mojave Desert in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and extreme southwestern Utah and northwest Arizona, north and west of the Colorado River. [10]: 3–4 p. Texas tortoise: Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857) Tamaulipan mezquital ecoregion of south Texas,
Gulf Coast box turtle; Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle; J. ... Sonoran Desert tortoise; ... Texas spiny softshell turtle;
[177] [178] Lewis Carroll's 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland features a Mock Turtle, named for a soup meant to imitate the expensive soup made from real turtle meat. [ 179 ] [ 180 ] [ 181 ] In 1896, the French playwright Léon Gandillot wrote a comedy in three acts named La Tortue that was "a Parisian sensation" [ 182 ] in its run in ...
Hoss, a 35-pound sulcata tortoise, slipped out of his Hood County, Texas, enclosure a week before Thanksgiving and made his way to Hico, Texas. Here’s how he found his way home.
Geoffrey Moore, a Realtor with Town Real Estate in Palm Springs, California, said it is definitely worth it to invest in property in the desert — and in Palm Springs, specifically.
Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857) [8] Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Agassiz, 1857) [8] Mexican box turtle, Terrapene carolina mexicana (Gray, 1849) [8] Yucatán box turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana (Boulenger, 1895) [8] Coahuilan box turtle, Terrapene coahuila (Schmidt & Owens, 1944) [9]