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The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.The species is native to the southeastern United States.The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species.
Gopher tortoises are so named because of some species' habit of digging large, deep burrows (gophers are small terrestrial burrowing rodents). Most notably, Gopherus polyphemus digs burrows which can be up to 40 feet (12 m) in length and 10 feet (3.0 m) in depth. [ 2 ]
Tony Mills, education director at Spring Island Trust, prepares to investigate a gopher tortoise burrow on June 2, 2021 on the Slater Tract in Jasper County.
Camera sent into gopher tortoise burrow discovers an alligator is hiding inside, Georgia biologists say. ... Alligators may lie in dens or burrows by river banks or lagoon edges where there are ...
In winter, indigo snakes den in gopher tortoise burrows, which are usually found in open pine forests with dense herbaceous understories. [23] Burrows need to be in areas where there is no flooding. Eastern indigo snakes heavily use debris piles left from site-preparation operations on tree plantations. [23]
In the wild they’ve been known to steal burrows of gopher tortoises, an endangered species in South Carolina. Black and White Tegu are native to Paraguay, eastern Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Adult gopher tortoises can cohabitate with the indigo snake just fine. However, when the tortoise eggs hatch the snake will try to eat them. “Lots of things actually live in tortoise burrows ...
It is a subspecies of the gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer). The epithet sayi is in honor of zoologist Thomas Say. In Yellowstone, it is the park's largest reptile ranging from 50 to 72 inches long. It is found at lower elevations, drier, warmer climates, and open areas such as near Mammoth Hot Springs. The bullsnake lives in burrows and eats ...