Lebombo flat lizard

Lebombo flat lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Platysaurus
Species:	P. lebomboensis
Binomial name
*Platysaurus lebomboensis* Jacobsen 1994

The Lebombo flat lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

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.

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Extant Cordylidae species

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata

Chamaesaura	Cape grass lizard (C. anguina) Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis) Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)

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) Mecula girdled lizard (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)

Platysaurus	Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchchelli) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)

Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Prickly girdled lizard (P. spinosus) P. capensis P. melanotus P. microlepidotus P. nebulosus

Smaug	S. breyeri Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) S. regius S. vandami Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni): S. w. barbertonensis S. w. depressus S. w. warreni

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