Desert tortoise  (Gopherus agassizii)

Range

Endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico. This tortoise is recorded from southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and Arizona. In Mexico, it is found from Sonora to northern Sinaloa and the cape of Baja California (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The desert tortoise occurs in a variety of different habitats within the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts, from sandy flats to rocky foothills, river valleys and canyons (2).

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