Care, Husbandry and Diet of the Desert Tortoise; Gopherus (Xerobates) agassizii Cooper
Jarchow JL, Lawler HE, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 1994. Care, Husbandry and Diet of the Desert Tortoise; Gopherus (Xerobates) agassizii Cooper. ASDM Tortoise Adoption Program. Tucson, AZ
This pamphlet provides information on caring for captive desert tortoises. Information is provided on diet and nutrition, cold weather care, warm weather care, disease and injury, tortoise reproduction and raising hatchlings.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Jarchow, James; Lawler, Howard; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Date of Issue
- 1994
- Publisher
- ASDM Tortoise Adoption Program
- Units
- MOJA
- Keywords
- Dehydration, Diet, Disease symptoms, Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise), injury, Nutrition, Reptilia (Reptiles), Testudines, Testudinidae (Tortoises), Xerobates