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Gopher tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Photo by MarthaMoore
Published on Project Noah
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29.0247, -80.9202

Field Notes

Habitat:

Sandy scrub, near boardwalk lookout at new smyrna beach. Two were sighted.

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Comments (1)

Welcome to Project Noah, Martha. You're off to a wonderful start with some nice spottings. Since you know the identities of your spottings so far, will you please take a few moments and add some details to them for us? The main one that will help the database officially grow is the addition of scientific names. Once you've got that info plugged in, tell us a little about each organism. There is room for a basic description, another spot where you can describe the habitat, and finally there's a field for any other notes about the spotting. If something has an interesting story to it, go ahead and tell us about it. Thanks and again, welcome to PN! :-) (P.S. - this one looks to be accidentally placed in the Plants category instead of Reptiles)
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PublishedApril 1, 2013

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