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Tortoise at Tule Springs National Monument |
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Desert tortoise in the open desert |
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Desert Tortoises have spade-like front foot |
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Desert Tortoises have spade-like front foot |
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Desert Tortoises have elephant-like (elephantine) hind foot |
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Desert Tortoises have elephant-like (elephantine) hind foot |
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Desert Tortoises rarely bite, but they have a strong beak useful for tearing up plants for food |
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Desert Tortoise males have a concave plastron;
females have a flat plastron. This is a male. |
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That is a little girl-tail |
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Desert Tortoise males have a long, fat tail |
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Female tortoises have a short, flat gular projection (below neck) |
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Male tortoises have a long, up-turned gular projection (below chin) |
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Tortoise burrows are dome-shaped above and flat below |
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Tortoise burrows are dome-shaped above and flat below |
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Desert Tortoise male in burrow |
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Desert Tortoise going down a burrow |
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Desert Tortoise juvenile blends in with background |
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Desert Tortoise juvenile |
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Desert Tortoise juvenile |
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Desert Tortoise yearling about 2-inches long |
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Desert Tortoise egg dug up by a predator |
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Desert Tortoise egg opened by a predator |
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Desert tortoise sometimes eat cactus (more photos) |
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Desert tortoise drinking water from a spring (more photos) |
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Desert Tortoise tracks in soft sand |
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Desert Tortoise tracks in road dust |
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Tortoise tracks in dry mud |
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Tortoise tracks |
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Desert Tortoise scat in southwest Gold Butte NM |
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Tortoise scat at Tule Springs National Monument |
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Tortoise scat |
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Tortoise scat |
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Desert Tortoise carcass with Feral Burro scat in Gold Butte NM |
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Desert Tortoise carcass with Feral Burro scat in Gold Butte NM |
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Desert Tortoise carcass with Feral Burro scat in Gold Butte NM |
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Desert tortoise run over on a lonely dirt road in Gold Butte NM |
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Desert tortoise run over on a lonely dirt road |
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Desert tortoise run over on a lonely dirt road |
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Desert tortoise bones and scutes after being run over on a dirt road |
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Desert tortoise bones after being run over on a lonely dirt road |
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Tortoise at Tule Springs National Monument |
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Tortoise in Creosote-Bursage Flat habitat |
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Desert Tortoise habitat in southwest Gold Butte NM |
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Desert Tortoise burrow in southwest Gold Butte NM |
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Tortoises are hard to find, even in the open.
Can you see this one? |
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Desert Tortoise at Red Rock Canyon |