Gopher Tortoise Portrait
This old gopher tortoise was found in Estero, Florida in an area with a large healthy population. Taking a break from some recent digging, this one was covered in packed, stained sand, common underground in pine scrub habitats.
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
- Image Size
- 3008x2000 / 2.6MB
- Keywords
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America, Animalia, Chordata, Cryptodira, Emys polyphemus, G. polyphemus, Gopherus, Gopherus polyphemus, Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus, Gopherus praecedens, Lee County, Testudines, Testudinidae, Testudinoidea, Testudo depressa Cuvier, Testudo gopher, Testudo polyphaemus, Testudo polyphemus, USA, United States, Xerobates gopher, Xerobates polyphemus, animal, beautiful, beauty, beauty beautiful, carapace, cold-blooded, color, fauna, keystone species, native, natural, nature, reptilia, shell, southeast, terrapin, tortoise, vertebrate, wild, wildlife
- Contained in galleries
- Turtles & Tortoises, Turtles and Tortoises
