Orange-throated Flat Lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
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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.
Orange-throated Flat Lizards live in northern Transvaal[1] in South Africa. They live in mesic savannahs with sandstone outcrops.