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Spider tortoise

species of reptile
Taxon Taxon Q2376451

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
CITES Appendix
Appendix I of CITES[13]
Diel cycle
diurnality[15]
Endemic to
Madagascar[5]
IUCN conservation status
critically endangered[3]
Litter size
+1[14]
Parent taxon
Pyxis[4]
Taxon common name
Spider tortoise, Tortuga Araña, Tortuga De Plastrón Articulado, Pyxide Arachnoide, Tortue-araignée, Spider Tortoise[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Taxon name
Pyxis arachnoides[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pyxis arachnoides en Spider tortoise ar سلحفاة عنكبوتية cs Želva pavoukovitá en-gb Pyxis arachnoides es Tortuga Araña es Tortuga De Plastrón Articulado fa لاک‌پشت عنکبوتی fi madagaskarinhämähäkkikilpikonna fr Tortue-araignée fr Pyxide Arachnoide ja クモノスガメ nl Pyxis arachnoides nl spinschildpad ru Паучья черепаха tr Örümcek kaplumbağası tr Pyxis arachnoides uk Черепаха павукова zh 蛛網陸龜 zh 马达加斯加蛛网龟
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pyxis Arachnoides Ste Marie Madagascar.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Pyxis_arachnoides
BOLD Systems taxon ID
191061
CITES Species+ ID
4096
CalPhotos taxon ID
Pyxis+arachnoides
Catalogue of Life ID
4QYL7
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1055453
Fossilworks taxon ID
373905
Freebase ID
/m/02w9lfr
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5220309
INaturalist taxon ID
40047
IRMNG ID
10360482
Show all 21 identifiers +9
ITIS TSN
551954
IUCN taxon ID
19035
NCBI taxonomy ID
66194
Observation.org taxon ID
102753
Open Tree of Life ID
859764
SeaLifeBase ID
67693
The Reptile Database ID
genus=Pyxis&species=arachnoides
Topic's main category
Category:Pyxis arachnoides
Yale LUX ID
concept/6c6fe28b-c8be-4d45-a74a-e7042d0ab88d

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🔗 Connections
CITES Appendix 1
Appendix I of CITES
Diel cycle 1
diurnality
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

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. 8w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SeaLifeBase ID → 67693
    "Created claim: SeaLifeBase ID: 67693, batch #273129"
  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
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [tt] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #49068"
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