Common Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides Bell, 1827
Also calledGewöhnliche Spinnenschildkröte (deu) · Kapika (mlg) · Madagaskarspindelsköldpadda (swe) · Madagassische Spinnenschildkröte (deu) · Pyxide Arachnoide (fra) · Spinnenschildkröte (deu) · Tartaruga-aranha (por) · Tortue-araignée (fra) · Tortuga Araña (spa) · Tortuga De Plastrón Articulado (spa) · Tsakafy (mlg) · Zakapy (mlg) · közönséges pókteknős (hun) · želva pavoukovitá (ces)
First described in: Bell, T. On two new genera of land tortoises.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Holotype: Not located; possibly in the MNHM. Pyxis arachnoides brygooi (Vuillemin & Domergue 1972: 193) Holotype: MNHN A. 277 (photographed in the original description, p. 196, Pl. I, Fig. 2, and p. 199, Pl. IV, Fig. 4, and in Bour 1981: 140 – 41); no paratypes designated.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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Every page naming Pyxis arachnoides in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5220309.