LOS ANGELES— A scientific paper released today formally splits the desert tortoise into two species, a taxonomic development that could have real on-the-ground impacts on imperiled desert tortoises.

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1995), pp. 361-369 (9 pages) We quantified aspects of hibernaculum use by desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona.

Evaporative water loss from the integument of the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii constitutes a major proportion of the water loss, but is far less than in tortoises from wetter regions.

Wood Frog | Gopherus agassizii Staff Writer The Columbus Dispatch ...

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