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Basic information
Gopherus agassizii
(Californian) Desert Tortoise
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilyTortoises
GenusGopher and Desert Tortoises
- English name
- (Californian) Desert Tortoise
- Alternative names
- Agassiz's Desert Tortoise, Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise, Desert Tortoise, Galápago del Desierto, Mohave Desert Tortoise, Mojave Desert Tortoise
- Synonyms
- Xerobates agassizii, Xerobates lepidocephalus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Arid, City, Desert, Forest, Mountain, Scrubland, Shrubland, Valley
- Microhabitat
- Clay, Fossorial, Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Gravel, Ground, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 360 mm
- Body mass
- max 10,956 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 36 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 100 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Crepuscular, Diurnal
- Diet
- Flowers, Folivore, Frugivore, Fruit, Herbivore, Leaves, Wood
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 15–29.4 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–8 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~41 mm
- Egg width
- ~38 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3H2LD · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4