Lebombo flat lizard
Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lebombo flat lizard (Platysaurus lebomboensis) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. lebomboensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus lebomboensis Jacobsen, 1994 | |
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Geography
The Lebombo flat lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal,[2] 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.
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