What desert does the desert tortoise live in?

Answer 1

Desert tortoises make popping, hissing and poinkingsounds when in distress or fear. These tortoises live in burrows to escape the cold and heat. Desert tortoises catch the infrequent rains that fall in basins. Most of their water intake comes from moisture found in wildflowers and grass that they eat during the spring. The desert tortoise has the ability to store about a quart of water in its bladder to be used when necessary.

Answer 2

Mojave

...As well as the Sonora desert. Theses deserts stretch from the southern tip of Nevada, Southern California, parts of Arizona, all the way into Mexico.

Answer 3

The Desert Tortoise, or Gopher (Gopherus agassizii) is native to the Mojave & Sonoran deserts of the south western USA and Mexico.

Answer 4

Some tortoise species live in deserts, some live in grasslands and others live in the rainforest.

Answer 5

The desert tortoise spends more than 90% of its life underground in a burrow.

Answer 6

Under rocks and in caves.

Answer 7

In the Sonoran Desert and Mojave Desert.