Desert gopher tortoise is valuable, it is said to be 50-2000 yuan a piece. However, the trading volume of desert gopher tortoises in the market is very small, and there is no approximate price, as long as you like the price and the price is right. However, the desert gopher tortoise has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 2.3: 1996 Red List of Reptiles.

Desert gopher tortoise has many threats, and the habitat has been developed into roads And residential areas, facing the shrinking habitat, desert gopher tortoises have to climb the road and die, or they are arbitrarily captured or released desert gopher tortoises, desert gopher tortoises are susceptible to respiratory diseases, it is a highly infectious disease. Diseases, and the random release of sick turtles will cause a large number of infections and deaths in the wild population, resulting in a decline in the number.