Lebombo Flat Lizard

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Lebombo Flat Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: P. lebomboensis
Binomial name
Platysaurus lebomboensis
Jacobsen 1994

The Lebombo Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

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[edit] Geography

The Lebombo Flat Lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal[1], 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.

[edit] 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 a blue belly and white spots and stripes on the back.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Platysaurus lebomboensis. The Reptile Database. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.

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