The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts...
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The Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai), or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a species of terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae...
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desert tortoise, Morafka's desert tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, gopher tortoise Gopherus evgoodei, Sinaloan desert tortoise, Goode's thornscrub tortoise †...
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Gopherus (redirect from Gopher tortoises)
gopher tortoises live in the southern United States from California's Mojave Desert across to Florida, and in parts of northern Mexico. Gopher tortoises are...
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Goode's thornscrub tortoise, also known as the Sinaloan thornscrub tortoise, Sinaloan desert tortoise or Goode's desert tortoise (Gopherus evgoodei)...
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inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, in Africa. It is the largest mainland species of tortoise in Africa, and the third-largest in the...
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The Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus), also called the Mexican giant tortoise, Mexican gopher tortoise, yellow-bordered tortoise or yellow-margined...
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Ivanpah Solar Power Facility (category Solar power in the Mojave Desert)
its original 440 MW design to avoid disturbing the habitat of the desert tortoise. The Ivanpah system consists of three solar thermal power plants on...
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Deserts of California (redirect from Desert Region of California)
mouse, and desert tortoise. Before the European exploration of North America, tribes of Native Americans, such as the Mohave (in the Mojave desert), the Chemehuevi...
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Mojave Trails National Monument, Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Mead...
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