I haven't seen my local Gophers in over a week. I'm beginning to wonder... They do tend to disappear for weeks at a time only to reappear wandering the yard as if nothing had changed.
Beeeeeautiful! Love this picture, thanks for taking and sharing!
Okay, I have a question to the gopherus experts: How do we tell CDT, ADT apart from Florida gopherus?
My neighbor has a desert tortoise that they inherited. They think it is well over 50 years old.
It looks an awful lot like this wild one. Same dark color, same shape. Got me wondering ...
I did not go looking for burrow yet but I will. It's probably very close. The southern gopher torts and western desert torts are close cousins. Not sure how close or if they could mate. A biologist could tell us.
That's only 2nd one I've see in my yard. They are a bit reclusive. But mating season is coming up soon.