Desert Tortoise Photos, Natural Habitats. (above photo 2 year old juvenile desert tortoise, natural burrow, Don's back yard)

                                Desert Tortoise Resting in natural habitat.

Natural Habitat, Mojave Desert

Above, mobile habitats for hatchling and juvenile tortoises

Below, hatchling habitat by Rick and Jami 

3 y/o tortoises, natural dug burrows

Don's Juvenile burrow habitat showing DT Seed mix plantings, shade plants Rosemary, Artemisia, Aloe

lAbove, "Alright, you squirted me" - Big Daddy, 74 y/o DT who often "mounted" his sprinkler .    

Below, male desert tortoise penis.

Above: "Mojave", female desert tortoise from high altitudes @ Joshua Tree , Ca. area , now residing with Don in Bakersfield, ca.  Darker coloration enables faster body temp warm up in higher altitudes.

Below: "Serenity", female tortoise from lower altitudes.  Lighter color allows better ability to reflect and disperse heat in hotter, lower altitudes.