Cape Flat Lizard
The Cape Flat Lizard (Platysaurus capensis) is a lizard in the Cordylidae family found in Namibia and South Africa.
Description
Females and juveniles have a dark brown back with three wide white stripes which run down head to tail. Their bellies are white with a black blotch in the center.
Adult males, on the other hand, have the upper half of their body bright blue, sometimes with pale spots or stripes. The back half, including the tail, is dark red. Adults are 5 to 6.6 inches long.
Geography
This lizard lives in the southwestern part of Africa, in Namibia and South Africa.
The Cape Flat Lizard lives in deserts with many rocks.
Habits
Cape Flat Lizards hunt by ambush, waiting under a shady spot for an insect to pass by. It will also eat flowers and berries. Cape Flat Lizards are shy and often run for cover when threatened. People often see these lizards from a distance on top of rocks. They may live in small groups.
Cape Flat Lizards lay their eggs in November or December.
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- Cape Grass Lizard (C. anguina)
- Large-scale Grass Lizard (C. macrolepis)
- Transvaal Grass Lizard (C. aenea)
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| | Cordylus |
- 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)
- 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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