Buyer question
How long does a Pancake tortoise live?
Our Animal Library gives the Pancake tortoise a lifespan of 30+ years.
Source: the Pancake tortoise page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Pancake tortoise in the Animal Library
The detail
Pancake tortoises are flat, flexible-shelled tortoises from rocky outcrops in Kenya and Tanzania. Instead of retreating into their shells, they run and wedge into crevices, making them unusually fast and agile.
- Origin
- Kenya and Tanzania
- Best fit
- Experienced keepers
What to weigh
Pancakes are critically endangered and CITES Appendix I, so legal animals are scarce and must be documented. They climb and escape easily.