Sekukhune Flat Lizard

Taxobox
name = Sekukhune Flat Lizard


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Cordylidae
genus = "Platysaurus"
species = P. orientalis
binomial = "Platysaurus orientalis"
binomial_authority = Fitzsimons 1941 [Cite web | url = http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Platysaurus_orientalis.asp | title = Platysaurus orientalis | work = Zipcode Zoo | accessdate = 2007-08-31] The Sekukhune Flat Lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family. It has two subspecies.

Description

Females and juveniles have a black back with white stripes, as well as a white belly. Adult male Sekukhune Flat Lizards have a green body and an orange or red tail above and a yellow tail underneath.

Geography

The Sekukhune Flat Lizard lives in a small area of savannah in South Africa. This includes the Mpumalanga Escarpment.

Habits

Female Sekukhune Flat Lizards lay two eggs in a rock crack in early summer. The diet of the Sekukhune Flat Lizard includes insects, including caterpillars.

ubspecies

Two subspecies exist, "P. o. orientalis" and "P. o. fitzsismonsi".

*"P. o. orientalis" - lives in the Drakensberg mountains, in Mpumalanga in South Africa.
*"P. o. fitzsismonsi" - lives in eastern Sekhukhuneland.

ee also

*Platysaurus
*Cordylidae

Footnotes

External links

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