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Gopherus agassizii
species of reptile

gopher tortoise
species of reptile

Texas tortoise
species of reptile

Bolson tortoise
species of tortoise from North America.

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Gopherus is a genus of fossorial tortoises commonly referred to as gopher tortoises. The gopher tortoise is grouped with land tortoises that originated 60 million years ago, in North America. A genetic study has shown that their closest relatives are in the Asian genus Manouria.
The gopher tortoises live in the southern United States from California's Mojave Desert across to Florida, and in parts of northern Mexico. 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 di
Gopherus morafkai
species of reptile
Gopherus evgoodei
species of reptile