The desert gopher tortoise hibernates. Desert gopher tortoises spend 95% of their life in caves, and in winter from November to March the next year the temperature is even below 0°C, they will also use hibernation in the cave to survive the low temperature.

Have you learned about the hibernation of the desert gopher tortoise, let's take a look at its related introduction . Desert gopher tortoise (scientific name: Gopherus agassizii), commonly known as desert tortoise. The maximum nail length is 37 cm. There is only one axillary shield, and among all the vertebral shields, the width of the fifth vertebral shield is the largest.

The desert gopher tortoise is a terrestrial reptile and a solitary animal. Protect yourself from predators with a turtle shell. The top of the shell is the tortoise shell and the bottom is the tortoise shell. Desert gopher tortoises have both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton and are diurnal animals, usually active at dusk. Feeds on grass, flowers and cacti. Found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.