They often have a yellow or pale body with dark brown or black patterns along the top and side to aid with identification. When threatened, the gopher snake is particularly known for producing a ...

With populations spanning all 67 counties, gopher tortoises are far too busy as Florida’s only native tortoise species for ...

And snake-killing contests are harmful to many species besides snakes. To catch rattlesnakes for the events, hunters too often spray gasoline into gopher tortoise burrows, destroying the burrows and ...

WE HAVE SEVEN SNAKES. WE HAVE SEVEN TURTLES ... SO SPARKY AND OTHER GOPHER TORTOISES ARE WHAT WE CALL A KEYSTONE SPECIES. WHAT THAT MEANS IS ACTUALLY AN ARCHITECTURAL TERM. YOU HAVE YOUR ARCHWAY ...