Gobi gopher tortoise
The number of Gobi gopher tortoises is very small, and only in Innate talent can only see its appearance. The desert gopher tortoise has an oval body shape and obvious growth lines on its carapace. The adult body can reach up to 38cm or even larger. The lifespan of this tortoise is relatively long, but its growth is relatively difficult, so it was once close to destruction.
The Gobi Gopher Tortoise is a large, slow-moving continental tortoise, with a body length of 23cm~38cm and a maximum nail length of 37cm. There is only one axillary shield, and among all the vertebral shields, the 5th vertebral shield is the widest. It lives on land, with a rounded carapace, short and strong hind legs, and forelimbs densely covered with scales and flat for easy digging, and all toes are not webbed. The carapace is oval, brown, similar to horny, and the center of the scute is slightly yellow. The nail bridge is well developed and the axillary scute is single. The plastron is yellowish and brown along the edge of the scutes; the adult laryngeal scute extends far beyond the carapace. The head is small, the front is round, brown, slightly reddish, and the iris is yellow-green. The fore and hind feet are approximately the same size. The male's plastron is concave.
Gobi gopher tortoises can live up to 80 to 150 years. Rest in the dry environment with giant palms and thorny plants. You might as well dig a long hole up to 10 meters deep to use it as a hiding place. From May to July, 5 to 6 spherical or oval eggs can be laid. The incubation period is 90 to 120 days. The number of nightlife livelihoods is small and has tended to disappear.
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