Platysaurus minor FITZSIMONS, 1930
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Higher Taxa | Cordylidae (Platysaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Waterberg Flat Lizard |
Synonym | Platysaurus guttatus minor FITZSIMONS 1930: 30 Platysaurus guttatus minor — BROADLEY 1978 Platysaurus minor — JACOBSEN & NEWBERY 1989 Platysaurus minor — SCOTT et al. 2004 Platysaurus minor — STANLEY et al. 2011 |
Distribution | Republic of South Africa (Northern Transvaal)
Type locality: at Vygeboompoort, Waterberg District.
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Reproduction | Oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: DNMNH (= TM) 2109, adult male, DNMNH (= TM) 2367, adult female |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2760 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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References |
- 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
- 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. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with distribution records of allied species in the Transvaal Museum collection. Annals Transvaal Mus. 14: 20-48. - 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
- Scott, Ian A.W.; J. Scott Keogh and Martin J. Whiting 2004. Shifting sands and shifty lizards: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of African flat lizards (Platysaurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 618–629 - 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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