Sekukhune Flat Lizard

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Sekukhune Flat Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: P. orientalis
Binomial name
Platysaurus orientalis
Fitzsimons 1941[1]

The Sekukhune Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family. It has two subspecies.

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[edit] Description

Females and juveniles have a black back with white stripes, as well as a white belly. Adult male Sekukhune Flat Lizards have a green body and an orange or red tail above and a yellow tail underneath.

[edit] Geography

The Sekukhune Flat Lizard lives in a small area of savannah in South Africa. This includes the Mpumalanga Escarpment.

[edit] Habits

Female Sekukhune Flat Lizards lay two eggs in a rock crack in early summer. The diet of the Sekukhune Flat Lizard includes insects, including caterpillars.

[edit] Subspecies

Two subspecies exist, P. o. orientalis and P. o. fitzsismonsi.

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Platysaurus orientalis. Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.

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Extanct cordylidae species
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Reptilia · Order: Squamata
Chamaesaura
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Platysaurus
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