The Striped Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.
Description
The Spotted Flat Lizard is the only lizard in its genus which has adult males with white stripes on its back. Males, females, and juveniles all have black-brown backs with these thick white stripes. Females and juveniles have a blue tail, while adult males have an orange tail, as well as a collar.
Habits
Spotted Flat Lizards like flat outcrops near rivers. The diet of Spotted Flat Lizards includes beetles, ants, and caterpillars. They lay two eggs in December.
Geography
Spotted Flat Lizards live in a savannah habitat, including the countries of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi.
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- African Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. polyzonus)
- Angolan Girdled Lizard (C. angolensis)
- Armadillo Girdled Lizard (C. cataphractus)
- Barberton Girdled Lizard (C. barbertonensis)
- Black Girdled Lizard (C. niger)
- Blue-spotted girdled lizard (C. coeruleopunctatus)
- Campbell's Girdled Lizard (C. campbelli)
- Cape Girdled Lizard (C. cordylus)
- Cloete's Girdled Lizard (C. cloetei)
- Coastal Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. macropholis)
- C. meculae
- C. nyikae
- C. rivae
- Drakensberg Crag Lizard (C. subviridis)
- Dwarf Crag Lizard (C. nebulosus)
- Dwarf Girdled Lizard (C. minor)
- Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard (C. aridus)
- East African Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. tropidosternum)
- Eastern Cape Crag Lizard (C. fasciatus)
- False Girdled Lizard (C. capensis)
- Giant Girdled Lizard (C. giganteus)
- Herero Girdled Lizard (C. pustulatus)
- Hewitt's Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. peersi)
- Highveld Crag Lizard (C. melanotus)
- Jordan's Girdled Lizard (C. jordani)
- Lang's Crag Lizard (C. langi)
- Lawrence's Girdled Lizard (C. lawrenci)
- Limpopo Girdled Lizard (C. jonesii)
- Maasai Girdled Lizard (C. beraduccii)
- Machado's Girdled Lizard (C. machadoi)
- Mclachlan's Girdled Lizard (C. mclachlani)
- Mozambique Girdled Lizard (C. mossambicus)
- Namaqua Girdled Lizard (C. namaquensis)
- Northern Crag Lizard (C. transvaalensis)
- Oelofsen's Girdled Lizard (C. oelofseni)
- Prickly Girdled Lizard (C. spinosus)
- Rhodesian Girdled Lizard (C. rhodesianus)
- Rooiberg Girdled Lizard (C. imkeae)
- Tasman's Girdled Lizard (C. tasmani)
- Transvaal Girdled Lizard (C. vittifer)
- Ukinga Girdled Lizard (C. ukingensis)
- Van Dam's Girdled Lizard (C. vandami)
- Warren's Girdled Lizard (C. warreni)
- Waterberg Girdled Lizard (C. breyeri)
- Western Cape Crag Lizard (C. microlepidotus)
- Zoutpansberg Girdled Lizard (C. depressus)
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