Desert tortoise at Red Rock National Conservation Area

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Description: English: While the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is most commonly associated with as a sand creature, it can also climb rocks and live in hills. This is a wild tortoise on a limestone hill near or at Red Rock National Conservation area near Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a closeup photograph. Date: Taken on 26 March 2020, 13:44:11. Source: Own work. Author: Thomas Farley. Camera location36° 09′ 01.08″ N, 115° 21′ 35.15″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 36.150300; -115.359764. This was my first desert tortoise encounter. Photo courtesy of Thomas Farley. https://southwestrockhounding.com Licensing[edit] : This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.
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- Eukaryota
- Opisthokonta
- Metazoa
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda
- Amniota
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata
- Testudines (turtle)
- Cryptodira
- Testudinidae
- Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
- Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise)
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