Sonoran Desert tortoise

Sonoran Desert tortoise
Sonoran Desert tortoise, G. morafkai
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Gopherus
Species:
G. morafkai
Binomial name
Gopherus morafkai
Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop, and Riedle, 2011

The Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai), or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a species of terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae (tortoises) native to the Sonoran Desert.