Pancake tortoise

Pancake tortoise
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Malacochersus
Lindholm, 1929
Species:
M. tornieri
Binomial name
Malacochersus tornieri
(Siebenrock, 1903)
Synonyms[3]
  • Testudo tornieri
    Siebenrock, 1903
  • Testudo loveridgii
    Boulenger, 1920
  • Malacochersus torneiri [sic]
    Paull, 1997
    (ex errore)
  • Malacochersus tornieri
    — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Malacochersus loveridgei [sic]
    Pritchard, 1967
    (ex errore)

The pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) is a species of flat-shelled tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to Tanzania and Kenya. There are also small populations in northern Zambia.[4] Its common name refers to the flat shape of its shell.

  1. ^ Mwaya, R.T.; Malonza, P.K.; Ngwava, J.M.; Moll, D.; Schmidt, F.A.C.; Rhodin, A.G.J. (2019). "Malacochersus tornieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12696A508210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T12696A508210.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 287. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. ^ Eustace A, Esser LF, Mremi R, Malonza PK, Mwaya RT (2021) Protected areas network is not adequate to protect a critically endangered East Africa Chelonian: Modelling distribution of pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri under current and future climates. PLOS ONE 16(1): e0238669. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238669