The spotted flat lizard (Platysaurus maculatus) is a lizard in the Cordylidae family, which is native to Mozambique.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965
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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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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