Assertion: desert tortoise | /r/HasProperty | gopherus agassizii
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text: California recognized the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as the official state reptile in 1972 (California also recognizes a marine reptile symbol).
text: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is endangered in the wild and is protected under Federal and State laws.
text: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
text: This area is part of the ancestral home of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), a species that has lived there for many thousands of years, since the days when it was wetter.
text: The reptile known as the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is hereby designated as the official state reptile of the State of Nevada.
text: The Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a medium sized tortoise growing to an adult size of 22 - 38 cm (9 - 15 inches) in length.
text: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is primarily found within the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of southern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah.
text: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a widespread desert species of the southwestern United States.
text: Push aside the branches, peer into the shade, and you may catch a glimpse of the animal I observed while hiking in the park last spring: a desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, California's state reptile.
text: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico and the Sinaloan thornscrub of northwestern Mexico.
text: In 2011, on the basis of DNA, geographic, and behavioral differences between desert tortoises east and west of the Colorado River, it was decided that two species of desert tortoises exist: Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Morafka's desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai).
text: The Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), has a high - domed shell and elephant-like legs and is easily distinguishable from its turtle cousins.
text: Desert tortoise is the common name for this reptile and Gopherus agassizii is its scientific name.
text: Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
text: T he desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in North America.
text: Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, Mojave National Preserve, http://www.mojavenp.org/Gopherus_agassizii.htm
text: Native to the deserts of the southwestern United States, the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii and its close, recently split relative,
text: A desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
text: The TAP exclusively addresses the Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Tucson area (within the natural distribution of tortoises).
text: The desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, has a carapace (upper shell) length of 6-14 in (15-36 cm).
text: Nevada designated the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as the official state reptile in 1989 (the desert tortoise is also a symbol of California).
text: DESERT TORTOISE (Gopherus agassizii)
text: Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii
text: One of the most recognizable animals of the Southwest, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in both the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts, as well as in tropical areas to the south in Mexico.
text: According to fossil records, the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, is one of four species that have remained virtually unchanged since the Oligocene Epoch (27-37 million years ago).
text: The desert tortoise, (Gopherus agassizii,) the state reptile, is the largest reptile in the southwestern United States.
text: The desert tortoise, (Gopherus agassizii,) is terrestrial, with a domed shell and round, stumpy elephantine hind legs.
text: The species found in Zion and in the town of Springdale is the Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), also commonly known as the Mojave desert tortoise.
text: Red Rock Canyon is home to a wide variety of reptiles, but only one can claim the title of official state reptile of Nevada: the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).
text: Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii; also Xerobates agassizii)
text: The Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is now considered a separate species from the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).
text: Reptile lovers in Utah may have the chance to adopt a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as long as they have a large backyard in which the tortoise can live.