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	Tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tortoise is the name given to the land-dwelling reptiles most of whose body is shielded by a special shell.
		The giant tortoises of the Galápagos Islands helped Charles Darwin formulate his theory of evolution, since the isolated populations on the different islands, although descended from a common ancestor, had diverged to different forms.
		Turtles and tortoises are the only surviving branch of the even more ancient clade Anapsida, which includes groups such as the procolophonoids, millerettids and pareiasaurs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tortoise (462 words)

	CHAPTER 5
		Tortoises must have suitable soils and terrain for constructing a burrow and must have adequate annual and perennial plants in the spring and/or summer for forage.
		Tortoises are measured with calipers, instruments consisting of a pair of movable curved legs fastened together at one end.
		Adult male tortoises have a longer and up-curved gular horn, a concave plastron (a dish-shaped depression on the underside of the shell near the tail), a longer tail, and chin glands or knobs on the chin.
	www.deserttortoise.org /answeringquestions/chapter5.html (2306 words)

	Commonly asked questions about the desert tortoise and answers by Kristin Berry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The tortoise must have suitable soils and terrain for constructing a burrow and must have adequate annual and perennial plants in the spring and/or summer for forage.
		The tortoise was a male and was frequently observed on the western portion of the Natural Area in the 1970's.
		Male tortoises develop chin glands or knobs on the chin, a longer gular horn, have a longer tail, and have a concave plastron (a dish-shaped depression on the posterior, underside of the shell).
	www.tortoise-tracks.org /gopherus/tortques.html (2037 words)

	tortoise. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		These tortoises were a major source of meat for sailors in the 17th and 18th cent.
		The tortoises are now protected by law, and scientists from the Charles Darwin Research Station have bred some 2,000 and set free the different subspecies on the islands from which they came.
		Tortoises are extremely long-lived; there are authenticated cases of individuals living over 150 years.
	www.bartleby.com /65/to/tortoise.html (398 words)

	Synopsis of conservation information on the desert tortoise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The desert tortoise (Xerobates agassizii) is one of four tortoise species native to North America.
		These tortoises are part of a study by Curtis Bjurlin of Utah State University who is conducting research on tortoise reproductive ecology at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center near Twentynine Palms, California as part of his Master's degree.
		The disease is characterized by discharges from the eyes and nose, wheezing and, in extreme cases, emaciation and death of the tortoise.
	www.werc.usgs.gov /hq/synopsis.htm (853 words)

	Gopher Tortoise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Therefore, the tortoise is able to turn around at any point within the burrow, and consequently, burrow width is a good indicator of the size (and approximate age) of the tortoise.
		Tortoises living on proposed development sites are sometimes moved (or "relocated") to another area; however, this can result in the spread of disease and may disrupt resident tortoise populations.
		Tortoises used in the races were removed from their natural habitats and if released, were rarely returned to their original location.
	www.gophertortoisecouncil.org /tortoise.htm (2089 words)

	THE DESERT TORTOISE (Gopherus agassizii)
		Given the ling evolutionary history of tortoises in North America and the dynamic environment of the last thirty million years, it is indeed remarkable that the form of the four living North American tortoises have changed so little from their ancestors.
		Tortoises may be distinguished from other turtle families by the following characteristics: the hindlegs are cylindrical and elephantine in shape: the feet are short, broad and club-shaped.
		The desert tortoise occurs in a number of plant communities ranging from sparse creosote bush desertscrub in the winter rainfall Mohave Desert to palo verde-saguaro desertscrub in the bi-seasonal Sonoran Desert and eventually to summer rainfall tropical thornscrub and deciduous forest in Sonora and Sinaloa.
	www.desertmuseum.org /programs/tap_tortnathistory.html (2646 words)

	Desert Tortoise Natural History
		Tortoises may be distinguished from other turtle families by the following characteristics: the hind legs are cylindrical and elephantine in shape: the feet are short, broad and club-shaped.
		The desert tortoise lives in a variety of plant communities ranging from sparse creosotebush desertscrub in the winter rainfall Mohave Desert to paloverde-saguaro desertscrub in the bi-seasonal Sonoran Desert and eventually to summer rainfall tropical thornscrub and deciduous forest in Sonora and Sinaloa.
		Unfortunately, release of captive tortoises is not biologically acceptable because of the high potential risk to existing wild populations from disease introduction, disruption of population structure, and mixing of genetic stock from different regions.
	www.biopark.org /destort1.html (2777 words)

	CALIFORNIA DESERT / TEXAS TORTOISE CARE SHEET
		Both the California Desert and the Texas Tortoise are now protected by state and federal laws and cannot be removed from their natural habitats.
		Tortoises must be able to adjust their body temperature by moving in and out of the sun.
		It must also be large enough for the tortoise to roam and graze, but you must be able to find the tortoise each night to put it under cover (either in your house or in its house).
	www.sdturtle.org /CALIF%20DESERT_TEXAS%20TORTOISE_CARE_SHEET.htm (2864 words)

	Texas Tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, is one of four species of tortoise that are native to North America.
		Its range begins in southern Texas and extends southward into the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.
		Succulent plants, a preferred food of the Texas tortoise, are common in these areas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Tortoise (105 words)

	Texas tortoise – Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz 1857*) - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM
		The only legal manner in which to acquire a Texas tortoise is by adopting one from a state recognized organization or to be given a hatchling from a breeding captive animal.
		Texas tortoises are sensitive to excess humidity and hay protects against this as it does not “hold” humidity.
		Texas Tortoises are prone to pyramiding or “stacking” of the scutes as well as bony imperfections.
	www.chelonia.org /Articles/Gberlandiericare.htm (1497 words)

	Desert Tortoise wildlife information - DesertUSA
		The Gopher tortoise (G.polyphemus) inhabits sandy and wooded regions of the southeasternUS from Florida to Texas.
		The Desert Tortoise is an herbivore that may attain a length of 9 to 15 inches in upper shell (carapace) length.
		The tortoise is able to live where ground temperature may exceed 140 degrees F because of its ability to dig underground burrows and escape the heat.
	www.desertusa.com /june96/du_tort.html (1276 words)

	CTTC - What's In a Name? Gopherus by Mary Cohen & Michael J. Connor
		However, when the Texas and desert tortoises were first described in the nineteenth century they had been given the genus name Xerobates (from the Greek xero meaning "dry" and bates meaning "one who walks or haunts").
		In his description of the new tortoise Agassiz refers to Berlandier as "...a zealous French naturalist, to whom we are indebted for much of what we know of the natural history of northern Mexico".
		Commonly known as the Bolson tortoise this giant Mexican gopher tortoise was described by John Marshall Legler as recently as 1959.
	www.tortoise.org /archives/gophname.html (1079 words)

	Gopher Tortoise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Gopher Tortoise and the Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) are the only tortoises that are native to the United States.
		The preferred habitat of the Gopher Tortoise is a sandhill community which is characterized by Turkey Oak (Quercus laevis), Wire Grass (Astrida stricta) and Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris).
		This is important to the tortoise as it is an accomplished burrower that lives underground.
	www.ju.edu /academics/research_tortoise_general.asp (495 words)

	CTTC - Differentiating Desert and Texas Tortoises
		The native desert tortoise is the most common Gopherus tortoise found in captivity in California, but the smaller Texas tortoise, once imported in large numbers for the pet trade, is still fairly common in captivity here.
		The diagrams below, taken from the article "Tortoise ID" by A. Brame and D. Peerson in the September/October 1969 issue of the International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal illustrate the major obvious differences between the two species.
		Generally, the Texas tortoise has a rougher and broader or more squared-off carapace than does the desert tortoise.
	www.tortoise.org /archives/gophdiff.html (114 words)

	Identification of the etiological agent for necrotizing scute disease in the Texas tortoise -- Rose et al. 37 (2): 223 ...
		Epidermal lamellae (scutes) of the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, from southern Texas (USA) were observed to be in various stages of necrosis, ranging from localized whitish blemishes to complete degradation of the external portion of the scute.
		Fusarium semitectum was consistently isolated from slivers of infected scute from tortoises.
		Twenty-four tortoises maintained by two rehabilitators in southern Texas exhibited lesions; however, only one of 27 tortoises from Dimmit and Zavala counties was infected.
	www.jwildlifedis.org /cgi/content/abstract/37/2/223 (171 words)

	Texas tortoise and cattle can co-exist
		Most tortoises live in dry areas that are ideal for rangeland, and livestock grazing has been implicated in the decline of tortoises in Argentina, southern Morocco and the Turkmen Republic.
		Kazmaier and his colleagues studied the effects of moderate grazing on the Texas tortoise, which lives primarily on privately-owned rangelands in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.
		Second, they caution that their work should not be applied to the desert tortoise, in part because the Texas tortoise evolved in presence of large grazers such as bison but the desert tortoise did not.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2001-07/sfcb-tta072201.php (387 words)

	TORTOISE - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Note : The term is applied especially to the land and fresh - water species, while the marine species are generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and turtle are used synonymously by many writers.
		The golden tortoise beetle ({ Cassida aurichalcea }) is found on the morning - glory vine and allied plants.
		{ Tortoise shell }, the substance of the shell or horny plates of several species of sea turtles, especially of the hawkbill turtle.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/tortoise (423 words)

	Tortoise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tortoises are long-lived, well armored, and usually slow-moving.
		Species such as spur-thighed, desert, and leopard tortoises come from drier environments and their diet should contain more roughage, dried grasses, and cactus pads.
		Red-footed and yellow-footed tortoises live in the South American rain forest and need more humidity as well as more fruit and vegetables in their diet.
	www.saintfrancispetfoundation.org /tortoise.html (1210 words)

	USATODAY.com - Reptile gets VIP treatment at Georgia park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gopher tortoises, which dig sloping burrows up to 40 feet deep, are found in the sandy uplands of southern Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, most of Florida and small portions of South Carolina and Louisiana.
		The others — the Texas tortoise, the Bolson tortoise and the endangered desert tortoise — are all found in the Southwest.
		Because of population declines, mostly from habitat loss, gopher tortoises are protected throughout their range either by state or federal laws, and they are Georgia's official state reptile.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2005-05-11-tortoise-ga_x.htm?POE=TRVISVA (941 words)

	Tortoise
		The giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands helped Charles Darwin formulate his theory of evolution, since the isolated populations on the different islands, although descended from a common ancestor, had diverged to different forms.
		All land tortoises are herbivorous in the wild.
		See also: List of people who died with tortoises on their heads
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tortoise.html (291 words)

	AllRefer.com - tortoise (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		tortoise [tOr´t u s] Pronunciation Key, common name for a terrestrial turtle, especially one of the family Testudinidae.
		Once so abundant that the islands were named for them (galApago is Spanish for tortoise), they became extinct on some islands and were endangered on most of the others.
		(33 cm), while the Texas tortoise is about 8 1/2 in.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/tortoise.html (434 words)

	New Bulls May Revive The Texas State Bison Herd
		Texas Tortoise And Cattle Can Co-Exist (July 23, 2001) -- The conventional wisdom is that tortoises and cattle don't mix.
		First of all, this herd, since it clearly originated in the Texas Panhandle, is probably the last genetic example of what was called the Southern Plains bison, said Danny Swepston of Canyon, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife district leader for the Panhandle.
		Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff will keep them separated from rest of the animals until the cows are bred next summer.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/11/041123112723.htm (1269 words)

	Dr. Frank Judd, Curriculum vitae
		Population structure, density, and movements of the Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri.
		Multispectral videography for distinguishing coastal prairie marshes in Texas.
		1978 Population Ecology of the Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri.
	www.panam.edu /dept/biology/judd.html (4315 words)

	Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)
		The Texas Tortoise was first reported by Agassiz, 1857.
		The Texas Tortoise has a special bony shell developed from their ribs.
		The Texas Tortoise is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /texastortoise.php (174 words)

	Georgia park acts to preserve tortoises - Travel - www.washingtontimes.com, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The others -- the Texas tortoise, the Bolson tortoise and the endangered desert tortoise -- are found in the Southwest.
		Because of population declines, mostly from habitat loss, gopher tortoises are protected throughout their range by state and federal laws, and they are Georgia's official state reptile.
		During the winter, the tortoises sleep in their cozy burrows, safe from predators, fires and freezing temperatures.
	www.washtimes.com /travel/20050520-081041-6351r.htm (502 words)

	tortoise on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Touring with Green Tortoise; this California-based company offers the ultimate in adventure travel by motorcoach.
		Tale of Tortoise and Hare is a useful allegory.(Other Views)
		Die old - leave a beautiful shell Tom Fort is intrigued by this study of the slow-moving, long-lived Giant Tortoise.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t1/tortoise.asp (675 words)

	Re: Texas Tortoise Found
		In Reply to: Texas Tortoise Found posted by Mark on October 09, 1998 at 22:37:09:
		It appears to be an older male tortoise and weighs about 15 : : pounds.
		I understand that these creatures are protected in Texas and while I consider myself capable of providing a : : decent (car free) backyard environment for him, I am interested in either obtaining any permit required for posession or setting him up with a wildlife reserve.
	forum.kingsnake.com /cths/messages/14.html (465 words)

	A TORTOISE BEETLE (HEMISPHAEROTA CYANEA (SAY), COLEOPTERA; CHRYSOMELIDAE) ON PALMS IN TEXAS
		Hemisphaerota cyanea (say) is a common, dark blue tortoise beetle that occurs along the coastal regions of Texas that occasionally causes minor damage to various palms.
		This species is known only from Georgia, Florida and Coastal Texas counties although it might occur in other Gulf States where palms are found.
		Educational programs conducted by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age or national origin.
	insects.tamu.edu /extension/bulletins/uc/uc-020.html (509 words)

	OSU Zoology - Eric C. Hellgren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mark-Recapture analysis of population parameters in a Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) population in southern Texas.
		Effect of grazing on demography and growth of the Texas tortoise.
		Variation in tortoise life history: demography of the Texas tortoise.
	zoology.okstate.edu /zoo_fclt/hellgren.htm (735 words)

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