#GopherusPolyphemus

[minister-erik]

GOPHER TORTOISE - Composition Sunday

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[animalslife74-blog]

regram @mustafagultekinavsar #TortoisesOfinstagram #TortoisesLifeSeria #GopherTortoisesSeria #Tortoises #TortoisesSeria #KaplumbagalarSeria #FloridaAnimalsSeria #FloridaTortoisesSeriaSeria #UsaTortoisesSeria #UsaAnimalsSeria #NorthAmericaAnimalsSeria Kingdom: #AnimaliaSeria Phylum: #ChordataSeria Class: #ReptiliaSeria Order: #TestudinesSeria Suborder: #CryptodiraSeria Superfamily: #TestudinoideaSeria Family: #Testudinidae Genus: #GopherusSeria Species: #GopherusPolyphemusSeria Binomial name #GopherusPolyphemus Daudin, 1802 Synonyms ◾#TestudoPolyphaemus Bartram, 1791 (nomen nudum) ◾#TestudoPolyphemus Daudin, 1801 ◾#EmysPolyphemus Schweigger, 1812 ◾#Testudo depressa Cuvier, 1829 ◾#GopherusPolyphemus Rafinesque, 1832 ◾#TestudoGopher Gray, 1844 ◾#XerobatesGopher Gray, 1873 ◾#XerobatesPolyphemus True, 1881 ◾Gopherus praecedens Hay, 1916 ◾Gopherus polyphemus polyphemus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of the Gopherus genus 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 known other animal species. They are threatened by predation and habitat destruction. The gopher tortoise is a representative of the genus Gopherus, which contains the only tortoises native to North America. This species of gopher tortoise is the state reptile of Georgia and the state tortoise of Florida #february03subat2016 subat03seria Çarşamba #subat2016seria

[katiebjorn]

Little buddy. #gopheruspolyphemus #gophertortoise #endextinction #endangeredspecies #endangeredflorida (at Palm City, Florida)

[simplebeethree]

#KeystoneSpecies

[lifeisahandrail-blog]

gopher tortoise: gopherus polyphemus 

[katiebjorn]

Grow gopher tortoise habitats and save Sea Grant at #marchforscience in #miami . #sciencemarchmiami #seagrant #gopheruspolyphemus #gophertortoise (at March For Science Miami)

[katiebjorn]

The #ingenue . This juvenile female #gophertortoise is the hope for her kind. Create #wildliferefuges instead of thirsty, polluting, expensive lawns and invite #nativewildlife into your yard. #portrait #gopheruspolyphemus #tortoise #nativegardening #makeyouryardintoapark #waterwarriors #nativeplants #tortoisesofinstagram #reptiles #gopherus #saveourparks #saveourlagoon (at Palm City, Florida)

[katiebjorn]

At his prime. This #gophertortoise grew up in our yard. It has been a privilege to provide his a safe habitat. #gopherus #gopheruspolyphemus #Floridians4climatejustice #floridawildlifecorridor #optoutside #shareyouryardwithwildlife #rabbithill #tortoise #portrait #endangeredflorida #endangerspecies #takeonlypictures #wildflorida #saveourparks (at Palm City, Florida)

[katiebjorn]

We came to DC all they way from Florida to add our voice. One simple action every citizen with a yard can do to combat climate change is to get rid of their lawn. Plant native plants for your area. Trees and shrubs cool your yard and house during the summer and help keep it warmer during the winter. Saves you money and helps save the planet. An extra benefit is all the homes and food you will be providing wildlife. Here in Florida our wild areas are getting developed at an alarming pace. Help wildlife by making your yard part of a #wildlifecorridor . #epa #peoplesclimatemarch #floridawildlifecorridor #gopheruspolyphemus #gophertortoise #losethelawn #makeyouryardintoapark #makeamericawildagain #climateaction #climatemarch #climatejustice #humancausedextinction #humancausedclimatechange (at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

[katiebjorn]

Ready for the march tomorrow. #sciencemarch #losethelawn #plantapark #wildlifegarden #floridawildlifecorridor #gopheruspolyphemus #gophertortoise (at Key Biscayne)

[katiebjorn]

Me with one of the more than fifteen gopher tortoises in our yard. Just eighty years ago Miami had gopher tortoises everywhere. My father played with them in his yard when he was growing up. Make your yard into a lab, a safe space, a wildlife refuge. When we moved here over twenty years ago there was only one abandoned tortoise burrow. We let the over mowed ground heal by planting natives and allowing volunteers to grow and spread. The gopher tortoises and all their #commensals come now. All around you might get developed but you can make an oasis and maybe the idea might catch on with your neighbors. Increased ground cover cools off your yard, encourages floodwaters to drain and will block your home from hurricane winds. Not to mentioned the extensively studied benefits of nature on emotional well being and the development of happy well adjusted children. #belikewalden #makeamericawildagain #floridacorridor #floridawildlifephotographer #wildlife #sciencemarch #forestsarecool #makeyouryardintoapark #snakesafespace #imarchforthem #unless #savethetruffalatrees #gopheruspolyphemus #citizenscience #climateaction #herpitology #herpiscape #sciencemarchmiami #floridawildlifecorridor (at Palm City, Florida)

[katiebjorn]

One our gopher tortoise friends visiting the bird feeder this morning. #gopheruspolyphemus #floridatortoise #sciencemarch #yardaslab (at Palm City, Florida)

[katiebjorn]

The tortoises are feeling frisky. #gopheruspolyphemus #governmentscientistsrock #sciencemarch #fieldscientist #mylab #gophertortoise #endextinction #endangeredspecies #stoppruitt #loveendangeredspecies #loveepa #keepfloridawild (at Palm City, Florida)

[katiebjorn]

One of the baby gopher tortoises in my yard. They may have a little edge in areas where people walk their dogs. Turtle predators like raccoons are less inclined to hang out in an area with fresh signs of dogs. #endextinction #gopheruspolyphemus #gophertortoise #tortoises #tortoise #turtle #floridaherps #floridawildlifephotography #floridawinter #Florida #pesticidefree #roamflorida #reptiles #environment (at Palm City, Florida)

[simplebeethree]

While out walking with the boys we almost got jacked by this 👇🏾👇🏾 tortoise in jack mode!

#GopherTortoise

#Gopheruspolyphemus

#ThreatenedSpecies

#KeystoneSpecies

#Testudinidae

[simplebeethree]

A #GopherusPolyphemus burrow look at the various tracks.

#ThreatenedSpecies

#GopherTortoise