Striped Flat Lizard
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| Striped Flat Lizard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus torquatus Peters 1879[1] |
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The Striped Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Geography
Spotted Flat Lizards live in a savannah habitat, including the countries of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Platysaurus torquatus". Zipcode Zoo. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Platysaurus_torquatus.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-03.[dead link]
