Spider tortoise

Spider Tortoise
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Pyxis
Species: P. arachnoides
Binomial name
Pyxis arachnoides
Bell, 1827

The Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar and is one of only two species in the genus Pyxis.

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