The Gopher Tortoise, also known as Gopherus Polyphemus, is a very important species in the ecological system of the state of Florida. The Gopher Tortoise plays a very big role as a native species in the south-east of the United States, from southern South Carolina to southeastern Louisiana (Auffenberg and Franz, 1982). More than 300 species benefit from the burrows the Gopher Tortoise digs, providing them with shelter. According to a study by Auffenberg and Franz (1982), Kushlan and Mazzotti (1984) and Diemer (1986), they prefer an open-canopied and spacious understory. The typical habitat of a Gopher Tortoise includes sandhills, scrub oak woodlands, dry prairies, longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests xeric hammocks, pine flatwoods, coastal
