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Gopher Tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus
(Daudin, 1802)
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| Adult, Sarasota County, Florida | |||
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| Adult in burrow, Sarasota County, Florida | Adult, Sarasota County, Florida | ||
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| Adult, Sarasota County, Florida | Adult, Sarasota County, Florida | Adult, Sarasota County, Florida | |
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| Adult, Florida © Mark Gary | Fresh fragrant, Gopher Tortoise scat, Florida © Mark Gary |
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| Habitat and Burrows | |||
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| Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida |
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| Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida | Burrow, Highlands County, Florida |
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| Burrow, Sarasota County, Florida | Burrow, Sarasota County, Florida | Burrow, Sarasota County, Florida | Tortoise in Burrow, Sarasota County, Florida |
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| Burrow, Charlton County, Georgia | Burrow, Charlton County, Georgia | Tortoise in Habitat, Sarasota County, Florida |
Habitat, Sarasota County, Florida |
| Gopher Tortoise Tracks | |||
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| Tracks, Highlands County, Florida | Tracks, Highlands County, Florida | Tracks, Highlands County, Florida | Tracks, Sarasota County, Florida |
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| Tracks, Sarasota County, Florida | Tracks, Sarasota County, Florida | Tracks, Highlands County, Florida | |
| Short Video | |||
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| A gopher tortoise is found on a sandy trail in Florida. At first it stays in its shell, then it slowly emerges and walks into the brush and down into its burrow on the other side of the brush. Eventually it turns around and we can see it staring out of the mouth of the burrow. | |||
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