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Malacochersus tornieri
Pancake Tortoise
A flat, fast tortoise that needs safe rock crevices rather than a simple glass tank.
Guide price$700-$1,600Current details confirmed personally
- Found in
- Kenya and Tanzania
- Conservation
- Critically Endangered
- Adult size
- 15-18 cm adult shell
- Lifespan
- 35-50+ years
- Experience
- Advanced · special rock habitat
- Climate
- Dry, rocky and warm
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Meet the species
What makes it remarkable.
Pancake tortoises hide by squeezing into narrow rock gaps. Their enclosure needs stable rocks and safe crevices that cannot move, collapse or trap them.
Temperament
Alert, surprisingly quick and highly oriented to familiar rock retreats.
The right home
What this tortoise needs.
A broad, warm rocky enclosure with narrow hiding places that cannot shift or collapse.
Safe rock crevices
Protection from falls
Correct CITES paperwork
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