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Bolson Tortoise – Signed Fine Art Print

Name: Bolson Tortoise - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 72667
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Information about the Bolson Tortoise:

The Bolson Tortoise – also called a Mexican Giant Tortoise – is the largest of the four extant species of tortoise native to the North American continent. It lives in a remote region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the BolsÃ³n de MapimÃ, which is located in north-central Mexico. Because this remoteness, the tortoise was only discovered in 1959. It is estimated that there are only about 10,000 species living today, and their numbers have declined due to habitat loss, collection for the pet trade, despite the tortoise being a protected species. There are several programs working to protect this large reptile, including a program where several adults were brought to the Audubon Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch in order to captivity breed them for release into the wild.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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SKU: N/A Categories: Reptiles, Signed Prints, Tortoises Tags: animal, bolson tortoise, clip art, drawing, Gopherus flavomarginatus, illustration, Mexican giant tortoise, reptile, scientific illustration, stock art, wildlife art

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Fine art illustration of a Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus.)

Artist’s notes:

The Bolson Tortoise, also called the Mexican giant tortoise or yellow-margined tortoise, was completed on 5.18.2013. This tortoise represents another small milestone – the completion of all four native tortoises of North America. While there are several dozen left to complete from around the world, it’s always with a strange sense of sadness when I finalize one region or species. Moving forward, I will likely try and complete some other areas where some remarkable tortoises live, such as South America and Asia. The drawing is based on a photo by Sandy Arbogast.

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