The spotted flat lizard (''Platysaurus maculatus'') is a
lizard in the
Cordylidae
Cordylidae is a family of small- to medium-sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa. They are commonly known as girdled lizards, spinytail lizards, or girdle-tail lizards.
Cordylidae is closely related to the family Gerrhosauridae ...
family, which is native to
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
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The spotted flat lizard has two subspecies, ''P. m. maculatus'' and ''P. m. linecauda''. Both were described in 1965.
The species is known as the spotted flat lizard because they use narrow cracks in flat rocks to hide and retreat from predators.
See also
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Platysaurus
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Cordylidae
Cordylidae is a family of small- to medium-sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa. They are commonly known as girdled lizards, spinytail lizards, or girdle-tail lizards.
Cordylidae is closely related to the family Gerrhosauridae ...
References
External links
More Information on The Reptile Database
Platysaurus
Lizards of Africa
Endemic fauna of Mozambique
Fauna of Southern Africa
Reptiles of Mozambique
Reptiles described in 1965
Taxa named by Donald George Broadley
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