Ocellated flat lizard

Ocellated flat lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Platysaurus
Species:	P. ocellatus
Binomial name
*Platysaurus ocellatus* Broadley 1962^[1]

The ocellated flat lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

Description

Ocellated flat lizards are similar to the cape flat lizard. Females and juveniles are brown with white spots. Males are also brown, with a black head. The tail is orange-yellow underneath.

Geography

An ocellated flat lizard lives in woodlands with quartzite rocks. The geographical area it lives in includes the Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe, as well as Mozambique.

Habits

Ocellated flat lizards eat beetles, flowers, leaves, and seeds. They lay two eggs in October or November.

References

↑ "Platysaurus ocellatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-26.

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More information

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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