Flat-backed Spider Tortoise
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| Pyxis planicauda (Grandidier, 1867) |
The Flat-backed Spider Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise, or Madagascar Flat-shelled Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.
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- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Pyxis planicauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
