Need an I.D. please

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Hi, I was just sent an email needing an I.D. on a tortoise. My first thought is Texas Tortoise, but I need an expert I.D. Desert tortoise look too similar to me. This is the only picture I was sent. Thanks!

-Matt

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Every image I've seen of a Texas Tortoise has a nuchal scute. The one in the link you send almost looks deformed. It may have not been a good specimen for that photograph. Hmmm.........
 

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The article says the nuchal scute is "...reduced or lost." So I'm taking that to mean there's a space where the scute should be, or its quite small.

Send a PM to Danny with the link to this thread. He'll know for sure.
 

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I agree with Yvonne :) Looks like a Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, to me Matt.

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