Best Months to Spot
Most sightings recorded in Apr, May. Data from GBIF - a global database of verified wildlife observations by researchers and citizen scientists.
Conservation Status
Conservation hubFaces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
The Mojave Desert Tortoise is critically endangered due to habitat loss from development and agriculture, predation by invasive species like ravens, and disease. Conservation efforts focus on habitat restoration and protecting critical areas. Responsible tourism helps by raising awareness and providing funding for conservation initiatives, while minimizing disturbance to the tortoise's fragile desert environment.
The desert tortoise is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and to the Sinaloan thornscrub of northwestern Mexico. G. agassizii is distributed in western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. The specific name agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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