The orange-throated flat lizard (''Platysaurus monotropis'') is a species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
Cordylidae family.
Description
Orange-throated flat lizard females and juveniles are black-brown with white stripes. Males have orange heads, green-blue bodies, and a red tail. A black collar is present on the
throat.
Geography
Orange-throated flat lizards live in northern
Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal.
* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
in
South Africa. They live in mesic
savannahs with
sandstone outcrops.
References
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Taxonomy
Platysaurus
Reptiles of South Africa
Reptiles described in 1994
Taxa named by Neils Henning Gunther Jacobsen
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