Waterberg flat lizard
| Waterberg flat lizard | |
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| Male Waterberg flat lizard, Masebe, South Africa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus minor FitzSimons, 1930[2]
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The Waterberg flat lizard (Platysaurus minor) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The Waterberg flat lizard ranges from Waterberg, South Africa, to the foothills of the Blouberg. The Waterberg flat lizard lives in rocky sandstone outcrops in a savannah habitat.
Habits
[edit | edit source]The Waterberg flat lizard eats mainly insects, but will sometimes eat plants. It lives in small family groups and breeds in summer, when two eggs are produced.
Description
[edit | edit source]The Waterberg flat lizard is 60–70 mm long. The scales on the sides of its body are rounded, raised and larger than those on its back. Three longitudinal stripes are always entire on females, but sometimes divided in males.
References
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- ^ a b Platysaurus minor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 January 2019.
External links
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