Orange-throated flat lizard

Orange-throated flat lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Platysaurus
Species:	P. monotropis
Binomial name
*Platysaurus monotropis* Jacobsen 1994

The orange-throated flat lizard (Platysaurus monotropis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

Description

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

Orange-throated flat lizards live in northern Transvaal^[1] in South Africa. They live in mesic savannahs with sandstone outcrops.

References

↑ "Orange-throated Flat Lizard". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-25.

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Extant Cordylidae species

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata

Chamaesaura	Cape grass lizard (C. anguina) Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis) Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)

Cordylus	African spiny-tailed lizard (C. polyzonus) Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis) Barberton girdled lizard (C. barbertonensis) Black girdled lizard (C. niger) Campbell's girdled lizard (C. campbelli) Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus) Cloete's girdled lizard (C. cloetei) Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis) Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae) C. nyikae C. rivae Drakensberg crag lizard (C. subviridis) Dwarf crag lizard (C. nebulosus) Dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor) Dwarf Karoo girdled lizard (C. aridus) East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum) Eastern Cape crag lizard (C. fasciatus) False girdled lizard (C. capensis) Herero girdled lizard (C. pustulatus) Hewitt's spiny-tailed lizard (C. peersi) Highveld crag lizard (C. melanotus) Jordan's girdled lizard (C. jordani) Lawrence's girdled lizard (C. lawrenci) Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii) Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii) Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi) McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani) Namaqua girdled lizard (C. namaquensis) Northern crag lizard (C. transvaalensis) Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni) Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus) Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae) Tasman's girdled lizard (C. tasmani) Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer) Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis) Van Dam's girdled lizard (C. vandami) Waterberg girdled lizard (C. breyeri) Western Cape crag lizard (C. microlepidotus)

Hemicordylus	P. capensis P. nebulosus

Ninurta	Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)

Ouroboros	Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)

Platysaurus	Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)

Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Prickly girdled lizard (P. spinosus) P. melanotus P. microlepidotus

Smaug	S. breyeri Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) S. regius S. vandami Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni): S. w. barbertonensis S. w. depressus S. w. warreni

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