Pungwe flat lizard
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| Pungwe flat lizard | |
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| Individual at the Frankfurt Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. pungweensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus pungweensis Broadley, 1959
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The Pungwe flat lizard (Platysaurus pungweensis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.
Description
[edit | edit source]Females and juveniles of the Pungwe flat lizard are black and striped on their backs. Males vary by subspecies. The species resembles the common flat lizard, Platysaurus intermedius.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Pungwe flat lizards live in eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique.[1][2] The type was obtained at the Pungwe River at 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level, near the eastern border of Rhodesia (current Zimbabwe).[2]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]Pungwe flat lizards inhabit low rock outcrops and large hills in mesic savanna.[1] They eat ants and beetles.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Two subspecies are accepted:[1][2]
- P. p. pungweensis – Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique
- P. p. blakei Broadley, 1964 – outcrops and inselbergs in the lowlands of southern Manica Platform, central Mozambique. Type locality 24 kilometres (15 miles) southeast of Vila de Manica.[3]
References
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- ^ a b c Platysaurus pungweensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 March 2021.
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External links
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