pancake turtle tortoise malacochersus tornieri

animal reptile turtle lizard amphibian wildlife tortoise snake frog fish serpent crocodile pancake unusually thin flat flexible shell centimetres long bones tortoises solid openings making lighter agile carapace top brown variable pattern radiating dark lines scute plate helping camouflage natural dry habitat plastron bottom pale yellow seams light rays head limbs tail yellow-brown bizarre flattened pancake-like profile sought-after zoological private collections leading over-exploitation wild malacochersus tornieri