The desert tortoise is the Nevada state reptile and the mascot here at the conservation area is Mohave Max.  They have a tortoise watch just like a Punxsutawny Phil watch in the spring.  This year he emerged from his borrow April 9.  Unfortunately, it is cool and overcast today and he seems to have gone in for a bit of a nap.  Only a cottontail moved in his enclosure.  I had to settle for these oh so cute Mohave Max socks.