B.R. MOON 1987 Species Account Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) 10 April Donner's camp, Granite Mountains, San Bernardino county, CA. T8N R13E Sec4 sw'4. 1615 PST. I found a tortoise in the shade of some desert almond bushes in the sandy wash next to the square cement tank at the cabin. The tortoise was at the base of a grass covered hill that goes up to the driveway along the cabin. Upon being disturbed, it pulled itself into its shell and sat there still for about 15 minutes. After about 1/2 hour it had moved about 1/2 m up the grassy hill and sat still again. After another half hour it was gone. f ~27 cm carapace. It had green stains on its beak probably from recently eating the low, green grasses in the area.