Pyxis planicauda-Malagasy flat tailed tortoise        Origin: Madagascar

Even though very little is known about this species, they recently (July, 2000) started coming into the United States by the dozen. 

While I am always hopeful that a self sustaining breeding population will be able to be established by serious collectors, with such a small amount of information on their husbandry requirements and possibly rather limited native populations, I have serious concerns about the species as a whole.

Links to further information on P. planicauda:

Recent information and pictures at the most complete chelonian site on the web: World Chelonian Trust- www.chelonia.org

Knoxville Zoo's experiences with planicauda: http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/newpage4.htm

picture: http://home1.gte.net/mhs2/photos/turtles/flatshl.jpg

truly a genus of Geochelone?: http://www.eeb.yale.edu/faculty/caccone/genetics.html

historical reference: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst11.htm

reference: http://www.chelonian.org/ccb/titles/V1_1.shtml