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Flat-backed spider tortoise

species of reptile
Taxon Taxon Q1426275

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
P. planicauda[7]
CITES Appendix
Appendix I of CITES[19]
Endemic to
Madagascar[5]
IUCN conservation status
critically endangered[3]
Litter size
+1[20]
Parent taxon
Pyxis[4]
Taxon common name
Flat-shelled spider tortoise, Flat-backed Spider Tortoise, ヒラオリクガメ, Tartaruga-aranha-de-casco-plano, Västlig spindelsköldpadda, Tortue de Cola Plana, Pyxide à dos plat, Pyxide à queue platte, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise, Flat-tailed Tortoise, Madagascar Flat-shelled Tortoise[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Taxon name
Pyxis planicauda[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Flat-backed spider tortoise en Pyxis planicauda en Flat-shelled spider tortoise ar سلحفاة عنكبوتية مسطحة الظهر cs želva ploskoocasá cs želva pavoukovitá de Flachrückenschildkröte de Pyxis planicauda es Tortue de Cola Plana fr Testudo planicauda fr Kapidolo fr Pyxide à dos plat fr Pyxide à queue platte fr Testudo morondavaensis ja ヒラオリクガメ nl Madagaskar-platstaartschildpad nl Madagaskarplatstaartschildpad nl Pyxis planicauda pt Tartaruga-aranha-de-casco-plano ru Pyxis planicauda
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pyxis planicauda.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Pyxis_planicauda
BOLD Systems taxon ID
253662
CITES Species+ ID
10810
CalPhotos taxon ID
Pyxis+planicauda
Catalogue of Life ID
6WPX6
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1055444
Fossilworks taxon ID
373906
Freebase ID
/m/02w9lg2
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5220316
INaturalist taxon ID
40050
IRMNG ID
11329455
Show all 21 identifiers +9
ITIS TSN
551955
IUCN taxon ID
19036
NCBI taxonomy ID
66193
Observation.org taxon ID
102754
Open Tree of Life ID
859765
SeaLifeBase ID
67694
The Reptile Database ID
genus=Pyxis&species=planicauda
Topic's main category
Category:Pyxis planicauda
UMLS CUI
C1025727

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CITES Appendix 1
Appendix I of CITES
Endemic to 1
Madagascar
IUCN conservation status 1
critically endangered
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Pyxis
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Flat-backed spider tortoise is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Madagascar

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SeaLifeBase ID → 67694
    "Created claim: SeaLifeBase ID: 67694, batch #270952"
  2. 11w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → 1
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Pyxis
    IUCN conservation status → critically endangered
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [tt] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #49068"
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