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Basic information
Pyxis planicauda
Madagascan Flat-tailed Tortoise
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilyTortoises
GenusSpider Tortoises
- Czech name
- Želva pavoukovitá
- English name
- Madagascan Flat-tailed Tortoise
- Alternative names
- Želva ploskoocasá, Flat-backed Spider Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise, Flat-tailed Tortoise, Madagascar Flat-shelled Tortoise
- Synonyms
- Testudo morondavaensis, Testudo planicauda
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Clearing, Coastal, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Plant litter, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body mass
- max 890 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 17.8 g
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–1 individuals
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6WPX6 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4