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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Platysaurus (flat lizards)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Cordylidae (girdled lizards and relatives)

Species native to southern Africa

Platysaurus broadleyi (Broadley's flat lizard)

 

Platysaurus capensis (Cape flat lizard)

 

Platysaurus guttatus (Dwarf flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus imperator (Emperor flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus intermedius (Common flat lizard)

 

Platysaurus lebomboensis (Lebombo flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus maculatus

 

 

Platysaurus minor (Waterberg flat lizard)

 

Platysaurus monotropis (Orange-throated flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus ocellatus (Ocellated flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus orientalis (Sekukhune flat lizard)

 

Platysaurus pungweensis (Pungwe flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus relictus (Soutpansberg flat lizard)

 

 

Platysaurus torquatus (Striped flat lizard)