- Spider Tortoise
Taxobox
name = Spider Tortoise
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Testudines
familia =Testudinidae
genus = "Pyxis "
species = "P. arachnoides"
binomial = "Pyxis arachnoides"
binomial_authority = Bell, 1827
synonyms =The Spider Tortoise ("Pyxis arachnoides") is a species of
turtle in theTestudinidae family.It is endemic toMadagascar .Source
* Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19035/all Pyxis arachnoides] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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