Need identified

[seanm581]

I think he is ether a desert or sulcata???

Here is some pics?

 

[kimber_lee_314]

It's a desert tortoise.

 

[diamondbp]

Desert tortoise

 

[bouaboua]

Pretty looking Desert Tortoise. Is this yours?

 

[Jacqui]

He's a cute guy. Did you just find him or what is his story?

 

[pishpash8]

Sulcatta tortoise


My tortoise only has one nostril... But at least he's different! ^_^

 

[Yvonne G]

Yes, indeedy...a very, very dry desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).

P.S. I can't tell the difference between the G. agassizii and the G. morflaki (sp?), so they're all agassizii to me)

 

[ellen]

G. agassizii vs G. morafkai according to the USGS
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2842

G. agassizii:
http://www.herptrips.com/CA409/CA409p2_files/Thumbs/31_425_G_agassizii_1b.jpg
- Found north and west of the Colorado river
- Box-like shell, high dome in California, low dome in Utah
- Found in valleys in Mojave desert
-Lays eggs April through mid July

G. morafkai:
http://www.westernwatersheds.org/news_media/newsmedia_2008/images/son-desert-tort.jpg
-South and east of the Colorado river stretching down into Mexico
-Flatter pear shape
-Found on rocky hillsides in the Sonoran desert
-Lays eggs in early June through early August