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Original
Description |
Grandidier 1867 : 233 |
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Type
Locality |
"Mouroundava" [western Madagascar]; restricted by Bour (1981:165) to "Morondava, province de Tuléar, Madagascar (pourrait être restreinte a la forêt d'Andranomena)" |
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Holotype |
MNHN 9373 |
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Original name |
Testudo planicauda |
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Common
name |
Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise |
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Distribution |
Known only from near the type locality in western Madagascar |
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Comments |
Transferred from the monotypic genus Acinixys by Bour (1981) and supported by Obst (1980); however, Crumly (1984c, 1988) supported the retention of Acinixys. Also reviewed by Obst (1978, as Acinixys planicauda; 1980), Groombridge (1982), and Durrell et al. (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989; as Acinixys planicauda). Includes Testudo morondavaensis Vuillemin (1972:127). |
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