Platysaurus maculatus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Platysaurinae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: Platysaurus maculatus
Subspecies (2): P. m. lineicauda – P. m. maculatus
Name

Platysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965: 1

Holotype: NMZB-UM 8054.

Type locality: “Mitucué Mountain, Niassa Province, Mozambique, at 3000 ft”.
References
Primary references

Broadley, D.G. 1965. A new species of Platysaurus from northern Mozambique. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 1(33): 1–4. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Platysaurus maculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Spotted Flat Lizard

The spotted flat lizard (Platysaurus maculatus) is a lizard in the Cordylidae family, which is native to Mozambique.

The spotted flat lizard has two subspecies, P. m. maculatus and P. m. linecauda. Both were described in 1965.
See also

Platysaurus
Cordylidae

References

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.