Platysaurus
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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.<ref name="klaus">Template:Cite web</ref>
Description
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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 following 16 described species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:NRDB genus</ref>
- Platysaurus attenboroughi Template:Small – Attenborough's flat lizard
- Platysaurus broadleyi Template:Small – Broadley's flat lizard or Augrabies flat lizard
- Platysaurus capensis Template:Small – Cape flat lizard
- Platysaurus guttatus Template:Small – dwarf flat lizard
- Platysaurus imperator Template:Small – emperor flat lizard
- Platysaurus intermedius Template:Small – common flat lizard
- Platysaurus lebomboensis Template:Small – Lebombo flat lizard
- Platysaurus maculatus Template:Small – spotted flat lizard
- Platysaurus minor Template:Small – Waterberg flat lizard
- Platysaurus mitchelli Template:Small – Mitchell's flat lizard
- Platysaurus monotropis Template:Small – orange-throated flat lizard
- Platysaurus ocellatus Template:Small – ocellated flat lizard
- Platysaurus orientalis Template:Small – Sekukune flat lizard
- Platysaurus pungweensis Template:Small – Pungwe flat lizard
- Platysaurus relictus Template:Small – Soutpansberg flat lizard
- Platysaurus torquatus Template:Small – 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. Template:ISBN. (Genus Platysaurus, p. 198).
External links
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