Orange-throated flat lizard
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| Orange-throated flat lizard | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. monotropis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus monotropis Jacobsen, 1994
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The orange-throated flat lizard (Platysaurus monotropis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.
Description
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Orange-throated flat lizards live in northern Transvaal[2] in South Africa. They live in mesic savannahs with sandstone outcrops.
References
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