Pungwe flat lizard

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Pungwe flat lizard

Individual at the Frankfurt Zoo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Platysaurus
Species:	P. pungweensis
Binomial name
*Platysaurus pungweensis* Broadley, 1959

The Pungwe flat lizard (Platysaurus pungweensis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

Description

Females and juveniles of the Pungwe flat lizard are black and striped on their backs. Males vary by subspecies. The species resembles the common flat lizard, Platysaurus intermedius.

Geography

Pungwe flat lizards live in eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique.^[1]^[2] The type was obtained at the Pungwe River at 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level, near the eastern border of Rhodesia (current Zimbabwe).^[2]

Habitat and ecology

Pungwe flat lizards inhabit low rock outcrops and large hills in mesic savanna.^[1] They eat ants and beetles.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted:^[1]^[2]

P. p. pungweensis – Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique
P. p. blakei Broadley, 1964 – outcrops and inselbergs in the lowlands of southern Manica Platform, central Mozambique. Type locality 24 kilometres (15 miles) southeast of Vila de Manica.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J. (2021). "Platysaurus pungweensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T177573A120633574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T177573A120633574.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Platysaurus pungweensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 March 2021.
^ Adolphs, Klaus (29 July 2015). "Platysaurus Smith, 1844". www.squamata.de. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

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v t e Extant Cordylidae species
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata
Chamaesaura	Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea) Cape grass lizard (C. anguina) Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis) Zambian grass lizard (C. miopropus) Cape snake lizard (C. tenuior)
Cordylus	Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis) Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii) Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus) Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae) Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii) Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi) Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis) Marungu girdled lizard (C. marunguensis) McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani) Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae) Western dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor) Kaokoveld girdled lizard (C. namakuiyus) Black girdled lizard (C. niger) Nyika girdled lizard (C. nyikae) Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni) N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (C. phonolithos) Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus) Ethiopian girdled lizard (C. rivae) East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum) Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis) Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer)
Hemicordylus	Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis) Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
Karusasaurus	Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani) African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
Namazonurus	Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli) Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci) Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis) Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi) Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
Ninurta	Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
Ouroboros	Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
Platysaurus	Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi) Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus) Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus) Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus) Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis) Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
Smaug	Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis) Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri) Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus) Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) Regal girdled lizard (S. regius) Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus) Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami) Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)

Taxon identifiers
Platysaurus pungweensis	Wikidata: Q3004542 Wikispecies: Platysaurus pungweensis ADW: Platysaurus_pungweensis CoL: 4JY54 GBIF: 5227163 iNaturalist: 33085 IRMNG: 11383801 ITIS: 1141870 IUCN: 177573 NCBI: 338843 Observation.org: 102356 Open Tree of Life: 121913 RD: pungweensis

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