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Turtle Species
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai
- Scientific nameGopherus morafkai
- Japanese nameソノラゴファーガメ
- FamilyTortoises (Testudinidae)
- LifestyleTerrestrial
- Conservation status (IUCN)VU — Vulnerable
- iNaturalist observations2,376
About this species
The Sonoran Desert tortoise, or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a species of terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae (tortoises) native to the Sonoran Desert.
Source: Wikipedia「Sonoran Desert tortoise」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
