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Higher TaxaCordylidae (Platysaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesPlatysaurus orientalis orientalis FITZSIMONS 1941
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi LOVERIDGE 1944 
Common Namesorientalis: Sekhukhune Flat Lizard
fitzsimonsi: Fitzsimons’ Flat Lizard 
SynonymPlatysaurus orientalis orientalis FITZSIMONS 1941: 280
Platysaurus minor orientalis FITZSIMONS 1941
Platysaurus guttatus orientalis LOVERIDGE 1944
Platysaurus orientalis orientalis — JACOBSEN & NEWBERY 1989
Platysaurus orientalis orientalis — ADOLPHS 2006
Platysaurus orientalis orientalis — STANLEY et al. 2011
Platysaurus orientalis orientalis — BATES et al. 2014: 222
Platysaurus orientalis orientalis — STANDER 2023: 108

Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi LOVERIDGE 1944
Platysaurus guttatus fitzsimonsi LOVERIDGE 1944
Platysaurus fitzsimonsi BROADLEY 1978
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi — JACOBSEN & NEWBERY 1989
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi — ADOLPHS 2006
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi — STANLEY et al. 2011
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi — BATES et al. 2014: 222
Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi — STANDER 2023: 110 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa

Type locality: Sekororo, on the lower slopes of the Drakensberg, about 40 mi south of Leysdorp.

fitzsimonsi: Republic of South Africa (Sekhukhuneland of Mpumalanga and Limpopo)  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesSyntypes: DNMNH (= TM) 4527-4530 (3 males, 1 female)
Holotype: MCZ 8982, an adult male, received in exchange from the British Museum, 1913 [fitzsimonsi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2137 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin orientalis (eastern), in reference to the distribution.

P. o. fitzsimonsi was named after Vivian F. M. Fitzsimons (1901-1975), South African herpetologist. 
References
  • Adolphs, K. 2006. Bibliotheca Cordyliformium. Squamata Verlag, Sankt Augustin, 303 pp.
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Broadley, D. G. 1978. A revision of the Genus Platysaurus A. Smith. Occ. Papers Nat. Museum south. Rhodesia, B, 6 (4): 129-185
  • Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from southern Rhodesia. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (3): 273-281 - get paper here
  • Jacobsen, N. H. G., Newbery, R. E. 1989. The genus Platysaurus A.SMITH 1844 in the Transvaal. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 36: 51-63 - get paper here
  • Kober, I. 2015. Weihnachten im Busch. Reptilien und mehr auf Makutsi (Südafrika). Reptilia (Münster) 20 (116): 68-79 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1944. Revision of the African lizards of the family Cordylidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 95 (1): 1-118 - get paper here
  • Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 pp. - get paper here
  • Stanley, Edward L.; Aaron M. Bauer; Todd R. Jackman, William R. Branch, P. Le Fras N. Mouton 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(1): 53-70. - get paper here
 
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