Lebombo flat lizard
Appearance
Lebombo flat lizard | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Cordylidae |
Genus: | Platysaurus |
Species: | P. lebomboensis
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Binomial name | |
Platysaurus lebomboensis Jacobsen 1994
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The Lebombo flat lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.
Geography
The Lebombo flat lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal,[1] Swaziland, and KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa. This area includes Middle Lebombo Range.
The habitat of this small lizard include grasslands and thickets.
Description
Lebombo flat lizards are closely related to a subspecies of Platysaurus intermedius, P. i. wilhelmi. Females, males, and juveniles of the Lebombo flat lizard are black-brown-gray, with blue bellies and white spots and stripes on their backs.
References
- ^ "Platysaurus lebomboensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-13.