Desert Tortoise

-The desert tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii) is a tortoise native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
-Can weigh 8–15 pounds and be 9–15 inches long
-Their shells make up 30% of their total weight
-Can live to be over 80 years old, but in the wild they typically live 35–40 years
-Have a high domed shell, elephantine legs, and heavily scaled front legs
-Desert tortoises have many natural predators, including ravens, Gila monsters, kit foxes, badgers, roadrunners, coyotes, and fire ants ... these predators prey on eggs, juveniles, and sometimes adults
-Not uncommon in southern Arizona