Lebombo Flat Lizard

Taxobox
name = Lebombo Flat Lizard


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Cordylidae
genus = "Platysaurus"
species = P. lebomboensis
binomial = "Platysaurus lebomboensis"
binomial_authority = Jacobsen 1994The Lebombo Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

Geography

The Lebombo Flat Lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal [Cite web | url = http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Platysaurus&species=lebomboensis | title = Platysaurus lebomboensis | work = The Reptile Database | accessdate = 2007-08-13] , 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 a blue belly and white spots and stripes on the back.

ee also

*Platysaurus
*Cordylidae
*Platysaurus intermedius

References

External links

* [http://www.tallbo.com/platysaurus/p_lebomboensis.htm More Information]