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(Redirected from Platysaurus lebomboensis) Species of lizard

Lebombo flat lizard
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: P. lebomboensis
Binomial name
Platysaurus lebomboensis
Jacobsen, 1994
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The Lebombo flat lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.

Geography

The Lebombo flat lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal, Swaziland, and KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa. This area includes Middle Lebombo Range.

The habitat of this small lizard include grasslands and thickets.

Description

Lebombo flat lizards are closely related to a subspecies of Platysaurus intermedius, P. i. wilhelmi. Females, males, and juveniles of the Lebombo flat lizard are black-brown-gray, with blue bellies and white spots and stripes on their backs.

References

  1. Bates, M.F.; Whiting, M.J. (2018). "Platysaurus lebomboensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110164693A115677508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110164693A115677508.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Platysaurus lebomboensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-13.

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Extant Cordylidae species
Chamaesaura
Cordylus
Hemicordylus
Karusasaurus
Namazonurus
Ninurta
Ouroboros
Platysaurus
Pseudocordylus
Smaug
Taxon identifiers
Platysaurus lebomboensis
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