Platysaurus
Platysaurus is a genus of lizards in the Cordylidae family, known as flat lizards for their flat backs. All species live in isolated populations in southern Africa.
Description
Females and juveniles often have black or brown backs with white stripes, while males are much more colored. Males are somewhat larger than females.
Species
The described species are:[1]
- Platysaurus broadleyi – Broadley's flat lizard or Augrabies flat lizard
- Platysaurus capensis – Cape flat lizard
- Platysaurus guttatus – dwarf flat lizard
- Platysaurus imperator – emperor flat lizard
- Platysaurus intermedius – common flat lizard
- Platysaurus lebomboensis – Lebombo flat lizard
- Platysaurus maculatus – spotted flat lizard
- Platysaurus minor – Waterberg Flat Lizard
- Platysaurus mitchelli – Mitchell's flat lizard
- Platysaurus monotropis – orange-throated flat lizard
- Platysaurus ocellatus – ocellated flat lizard
- Platysaurus orientalis – Sekukune flat lizard
- Platysaurus pungweensis – Pungwe flat lizard
- Platysaurus relictus – Soutpansberg flat lizard
- Platysaurus torquatus – striped flat lizard
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| | | | Chamaesaura |
- 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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