Desert Tortoise

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Desert Tortoise

Desert Tortoise

This female is laying eggs behind our home (my first sighting). She uses her shell like a shovel and is digging quite a large area in a hard sand/clay mix. The Desert Tortoise,Gopherus agassizii, was listed as a threatened species April 2, 1990 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Snow Canyon, UT, September, 2007.
Dow Williams
on Sep 13, 2007 7:07 pm
Image Type(s): Wildlife
Image ID: 336633

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