Gopherus

The Texas tortoise is one of the few tortoise species endemic to North America. As a North American tortoise, the texas tortoise is well adapted to living outdoors in places …

Gopher Tortoise Facts A gopher tortoise is a fairly large land reptile. They have scales on their front legs to protect them while digging and burrowing. Their legs are very …

For nearly 150 years the desert tortoise was thought to be one single species, but recently, new studies have confirmed that desert tortoises do in fact have two separate and …