This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.
This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.

Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)

Texas Tortoise

(Gopherus berlandieri)

Description:

This ten-inch tortoise, if left alone, might reach 3 feet in size. Before leaving the Lower Rio Grande Valley and travelling west, I stopped at the National Butterfly Center in Mission to see friends there.

Date Taken: 2021:05:10 11:03

Location:

National Butterfly Center
Mission, Texas
United States
124.68 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3000

File Name: TexasTortoise_D5X8326_NationalButterflyCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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