Spotted flat lizard

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The spotted flat lizard (Platysaurus maculatus) is a lizard in the Cordylidae family, which is native to Mozambique.

Spotted flat lizard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Platysaurus maculatus
Broadley, 1965

The spotted flat lizard has two subspecies, P. m. maculatus and P. m. linecauda. Both were described in 1965.

The species is known as the spotted flat lizard because they use narrow cracks in flat rocks to hide and retreat from predators.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Tolley, K.A.; Verburgt, L.; Alexander, G.J.; Conradie, W.; Farooq, H.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Platysaurus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44648006A44942476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44648006A44942476.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Scott, Ian A. W.; Scott Keogh, J.; Whiting, Martin J. (2004-05-01). "Shifting sands and shifty lizards: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of African flat lizards (Platysaurus)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (2): 618–629. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15062798.
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