California Turtle & Tortoise Club

High Desert Chapter


Tortoise Terrace

Building…"Tortoise Awareness" Through Public Education.

Providing…A Way-station for Adoptable Tortoises.

Creating…An Opportunity to Engage Students & Teachers in the Process of Science Inquiry.

Tortoise Terrace is supported and maintained through a partnership between California Turtle and Tortoise Club's High Desert Chapter and the Lewis Center for Educational Research

Tortoise Terrace, Apple Valley, CA 92307 Viewing by appointment only - contact Dave Zantiny

Tortoise Terrace paddocks
Note How the Paddocks Terrace up. Each Paddock is About 15' by 22'

Largest male desert tortoise
Our Largest Male Tortoise

Burrow dug by male tortoise
Burrow Dug by the Large Male Tortoise

Burrow monitored for temperature and relative humidity
Burrows in Paddocks 2 and 3 Are Electronically Monitored for Air, Surface and
Subsurface Temperatures and for Relative Humidity in a Student Research Project

Front view of paddocks
Front View of Paddocks (a)

Another view of paddocks
Front View of Paddocks (b)

Visit our Contact page to obtain more information on our activities and the turtle and tortoise adoption program.

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