#1756 · 🦎 reptiles

Texas Tortoise

🇳🇱 Texasschildpad ·Gopherus berlandieri

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Cheryl Rosenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Gary Abner Garcia-Garcia · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Mike Duran · CC BY 4.0
5. Texas, US:© Cheryl Rosenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Hidalgo County, US-TX, US:© John Brush · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Texas, US:© Heather A. Wise · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hidalgo County, US-TX, US:© Jack Cochran · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nuevo León, MX:© teresitag · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© mickeydylan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Texas tortoise ( Gopherus berlandieri ), is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species G. berlandieri is one of six species of tortoises that are native to North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,000iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,000 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1857 (169 years ago).