
ANI080-00067
A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sits alongside a highway. This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana. (IUCN: Vulnerable)
Keywords
- broken
- captive animals
- Close-up
- cower
- cracked shell
- damaged
- Danger
- day
- federally-threatened
- focus on foreground
- full length
- Gopher tortoise
- Gopherus polyphemus
- Hiding
- Highway
- imminent danger
- outdoors
- rare
- Reptile
- Road
- side view
- tortoise
- vehicle
- vulnerable
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines