No specimens of C. truncatus have ever survived more than four years in captivity. All images remain your property, and precautions to stop image theft will be taken. Chlamyphorus retusus Pichiciego Range Chaco region of western and central Bolivia, Paraguay, and extreme northern Argentina. C. retusus is larger than C. truncatus . The shell plates are whitish or yellowish brown.
Body hair is whitish and wooly.
C. retusus resembles C. truncatus except the shell is securely attached to the body along its entire length, and the tail is rounded and partly covered with plates. Habitat Both species in the genus Chlamyphorus inhabit dry grasslands and sandy plains with thorn bushes and cactus. C. retusus has been reported to emit cries similar to those of human infants. Biology Neither C. truncatus or C. retusus does well in captivity. C. retusus is listed by the IUCN as vulnerable due to habitat loss and predation by domestic dogs.