Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/gopher tortoise

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Now protected in most locales, the gopher tortoise was once eaten widely in the southern United States
Reason
Appealing shot of a species iconic in the U.S. Southeast. Taken by a professional. (Note: picture failed to get a Commons FP because of lighting.)
Articles in which this image appears
Gopherus, Gopher tortoise, U.S. state reptiles (an FL), List of Georgia state symbols, List of Florida state symbols
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Tomfriedel

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:52, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]