The gopher tortoise is native to the southeastern United ... been one of the most dominant ecosystems,” University of South Alabama biology professor Jason Strickland said.

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...

The decision left the imperiled reptiles without lifesaving federal safeguards in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and most of Alabama. “Gopher tortoises will stay on a collision course with ...

including the many animals that obligately live inside gopher tortoise burrows. /// La especia tortuga gopher, Gopherus polyphemus Daudin, es endémica al sudeste de los EE.UU., donde sus poblaciones ...