EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Pyxis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Pyxis (Spider Tortoises)
species
species list
P. arachnoides (Common Spider Tortoise)
P. planicauda (Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise)
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- Original Description
- Bell 1827 : 395
- Common Name
- Spider Tortoises
- Distribution
- Madagascar
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bour (1981), who placed Acinixys in the synonymy of this genus. Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957), and Obst (1978, 1980).
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