Some recently published articles about gopher tortoises, their commensals, and upland communities in the southeast. Check out GTC's Education & Outreach page for more literature, including snake and tortoise bibliographies.

Carroll, J.M., R. Carroll, N. Bray, and A.R. Simons. 2023. Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) as microclimate engineers: Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity promotes near surface thermal options at burrow sites. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 18(3): 415-426

Rivero, J., and A.M. Durso. 2023. Black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) use of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in Buckingham, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 51(3): 58-73