Platysaurus
Genus of lizards
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus A. Smith, 1844 |
Platysaurus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as flat lizards for their flat backs, in the family Cordylidae.
Geographic range
All species in the genus Platysaurus live in isolated populations in southern Africa. They are found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana, southern Namibia and northern and western South Africa.[1]
Description
The species of Platysaurus exhibit sexual dimorphism. Females and juveniles often have black or brown backs with white stripes, while males are much more colored. Also, males are somewhat larger than females.
Species
The described species are:[2]
- Platysaurus attenboroughi Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh, 2015 – Attenborough's flat lizard
- Platysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997 – Broadley's flat lizard or Augrabies flat lizard
- Platysaurus capensis A. Smith, 1844 – Cape flat lizard
- Platysaurus guttatus A. Smith, 1849 – dwarf flat lizard
- Platysaurus imperator Broadley, 1962 – emperor flat lizard
- Platysaurus intermedius Matschie, 1891 – common flat lizard
- Platysaurus lebomboensis Jacobsen, 1994 – Lebombo flat lizard
- Platysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965 – spotted flat lizard
- Platysaurus minor V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Waterberg flat lizard
- Platysaurus mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 – Mitchell's flat lizard
- Platysaurus monotropis Jacobsen, 1994 – orange-throated flat lizard
- Platysaurus ocellatus Broadley, 1962 – ocellated flat lizard
- Platysaurus orientalis V. FitzSimons, 1941 – Sekukune flat lizard
- Platysaurus pungweensis Broadley, 1959 – Pungwe flat lizard
- Platysaurus relictus Broadley, 1976 – Soutpansberg flat lizard
- Platysaurus torquatus W. Peters, 1879 – striped flat lizard
See also
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Zonuridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Platysaurus, p. 261).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Platysaurus, p. 198).
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Extant Cordylidae species
- Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)
- Cape grass lizard (C. anguina)
- Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis)
- Zambian grass lizard (C. miopropus)
- Cape snake lizard (C. tenuior)
- Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis)
- Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii)
- Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus)
- Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae)
- Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii)
- Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi)
- Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis)
- Marungu girdled lizard (C. marunguensis)
- McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani)
- Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae)
- Western dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor)
- Kaokoveld girdled lizard (C. namakuiyus)
- Black girdled lizard (C. niger)
- Nyika girdled lizard (C. nyikae)
- Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni)
- N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (C. phonolithos)
- Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus)
- Ethiopian girdled lizard (C. rivae)
- East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum)
- Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis)
- Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer)
- Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis)
- Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
- Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani)
- African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
- Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli)
- Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci)
- Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis)
- Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi)
- Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
- Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
- Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
- Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi)
- Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi)
- Cape flat lizard (P. capensis)
- Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus)
- Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator)
- Common flat lizard (P. intermedius)
- Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis)
- Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus)
- Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)
- Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli)
- Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis)
- Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus)
- Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis)
- Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis)
- Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus)
- Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
- Lang's crag lizard (P. langi)
- Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus)
- Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus)
- Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus)
- Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis)
- Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
- Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis)
- Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri)
- Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus)
- Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus)
- Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus)
- Regal girdled lizard (S. regius)
- Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus)
- Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami)
- Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)
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