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Flat-tailed Tortoise
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Flat-tailed Tortoise

Pyxis planicauda

Flat-backed spider tortoise (Pyxis planicauda), more commonly known as the flat-tailed tortoise, is a turtle that belongs to the testudinidae family. The various common names for this small tortoise usually refer to the noticeably flattened nature of its oblong upper-shell or its tail.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40050.