Orange-throated flat lizard

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Orange-throated flat lizard
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Platysaurus
Species:	P. monotropis
Binomial name
*Platysaurus monotropis* Jacobsen, 1994

The orange-throated flat lizard (Platysaurus monotropis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

Description

Orange-throated flat lizard females and juveniles are black-brown with white stripes. Males have orange heads, green-blue bodies, and a red tail. A black collar is present on the throat.

Geography

Orange-throated flat lizards live in northern Transvaal in South Africa. They live in mesic savannahs with sandstone outcrops.

References

Bates, M.F.; Whiting, M.J. (2018). "Platysaurus monotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110164784A115677751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110164784A115677751.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
"Orange-throated Flat Lizard". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-25.

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v t e Extant Cordylidae species
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata
Chamaesaura	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)
Cordylus	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)
Hemicordylus	Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis) Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
Karusasaurus	Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani) African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
Namazonurus	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)
Ninurta	Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
Ouroboros	Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
Platysaurus	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)
Pseudocordylus	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)
Smaug	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)

Taxon identifiers
Platysaurus monotropis	Wikidata: Q3022806 Wikispecies: Platysaurus monotropis ADW: Platysaurus_monotropis CoL: 4JY4Z GBIF: 5227162 iNaturalist: 33093 IRMNG: 11318819 ITIS: 1141867 IUCN: 110164784 NCBI: 126616 Observation.org: 102353 Open Tree of Life: 487427 RD: monotropis

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