Gopher Tortoise. It is illegal to take them from the wild or to keep in captivity as far as I know
I have three gophers in my yard. The scutes don’t look right.Gopher Tortoise. It is illegal to take them from the wild or to keep in captivity as far as I know
Gopher Tortoise. It is illegal to take them from the wild or to keep in captivity as far as I know
FL but it looks like the desert tortoise. Up in DestinIs the rescue site in California or Florida? Those eyes say desert tortoise to me, but if Florida, it's a gopher tortoise.
The two species are members of the same genus and do look alike. I am not sure what the readily visible differences between the two are, if any do exist.FL but it looks like the desert tortoise. Up in Destin
I've never seen a Gopher up close, but the eyes on the tortoise in this picture are the eyes of a desert tortoise for sure. Maybe Gophers have those eyes too, I don't know.The two species are members of the same genus and do look alike. I am not sure what the readily visible differences between the two are, if any do exist.
I have seen both species and they look pretty similar to me. I would have to have a scientific book to tell them apart for sure.I've never seen a Gopher up close, but the eyes on the tortoise in this picture are the eyes of a desert tortoise for sure. Maybe Gophers have those eyes too, I don't know.
The majority of the Texans have a big 'V' instead of a nuchal scute, however, there are so many DT/Texas crosses that a few of the Texans have a nuchal scute. I have six berlandieri and two of them have a nuchal scute.I have seen both species and they look pretty similar to me. I would have to have a scientific book to tell them apart for sure.
Thinking about this a bit more, the one in the first picture might even be a TX Tortoise because they look very much same as Gopher and Desert Tortoises (at least to me). Although the TX species doesn't get as large as adults of the other two species, the younger ones might all look much the same.