Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí - July 2007
Mexico
Description - the Chihuahuan Desert is home to the bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus). In 2007 we traveled to the state of Durango to find this tortoise in situ. Our destination: the Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí is part of the Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INECOL). The desert habitat in the surrounding area is home to one of the largest intact populations of Gopherus flavomarginatus remaining. Unfortunately, this ecosystem suffers from off road vehicle use and the overgrazing of cattle.
Bolson tortoise - Gopherus flavomarginatus
Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí -Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INECOL)
Maurice Rodrigues with Gopherus flavomarginatus
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Eric Goode and Ross Kiester
Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí
Durango mud turtle – Kinosternon durangoense
Carapace of Kinosternon durangoense
Kinosternon durangoense
Eric Goode and Maurice Rodrigues cooling off in an organic cattle tank
Maurice Rodrigues and Eric Goode with Kinosternon durangoense
Maurice Rodrigues and Miye McCullough
Green toad - Bufo debilis
Horses on the Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí
Bolson tortoise country
Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí
Spade-foot toad - Scaphiopus couchi
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Eric Goode with Gopherus flavomarginatus
Miye McCullough and Eric Goode with Gopherus flavomarginatus
Maurice Rodrigues with Gopherus flavomarginatus
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Maurice Rodrigues with a western diamondback rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
Maurice Rodrigues filming Crotalus atrox
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus atrox tasting the air
Lesser Earless Lizard - Holbrookia maculata
Holbrookia maculata
Mortality associated with off-road vehicles
Carapace of Gopherus flavomarginatus
Filming in the Chihuahuan desert
Gopherus flavomarginatus
We poured water on this bolson tortoise to show the yellow markings
Eric Goode filming a bolson tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Reserva de la Biosfera de Mapimí
