
ESA002-00257
A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). This animal is federally listed as threatened from west of Mobile Bay, Alabama throughout southern Mississippi, and into eastern Louisiana.
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- captive animals
- Close-up
- facing camera
- federally-threatened
- front view
- full length
- Gopher tortoise
- Gopherus polyphemus
- Photo Ark
- rare
- Reptile
- studio shot
- tortoise
- vulnerable
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