Platysaurus monotropis JACOBSEN, 1994

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Higher Taxa	Cordylidae (Platysaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Orange-throated Flat Lizard
Synonym	Platysaurus monotropis JACOBSEN 1994 Platysaurus monotropis — FROST et al. 2001 Platysaurus monotropis — STANLEY et al. 2011
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Northern Transvaal) Type locality: Farm Blackhill 317 LR, Potgietersrust district(2328 BB), Transvaal.
Reproduction	Oviparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 70003,adult male; collector R.E.Newbery, 4 November,1985. Allotype: DNMNH (= TM) 69990, adult female; same data as holotype. Paratypes: DNMNH (= TM) 69992-3,69995,iW2, 7m06, same data as holotype DNMNH (= TM) 69991,69996-9,70001, etc.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A medium-sized Plarysaurus, differing markedly from any other Transvaal species in having an orange head in males. with or without a black collar. The ventrals are mostly in less than 22 longitudinal rows and femoral pores in males number 17 or more. The tail is short, averaglng 58% of total length, which appearsto be the shortest of all Platysaurus taxa [from JACOBSEN 1994].
Comment	Illustration in Gruschwitz & Schmidt 2001.
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 Frost, D.; Janies, D.; Le Fras N. Mouton, P. & Titus, T. 2003. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of the Girdled Lizards (Cordylidae, Squamata). American Museum Novitates (3310): 1-10 - get paper here Gruschwitz M. & Schmidt A. 2001. Das Blouberg Conservation Project - eine einzigartige Schutzinitiative für südafrikanische Reptilien braucht Unterstützung. Elaphe 9 (2): 65-69 Jacobsen, N. H. G. 1994. The Platysaurus intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new taxa. South African J Zoology 29 (2): 132-143. - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.dght.de/naturschutz/blouberg.htm http://www.anoleannals.org/2013/12/10/tail-loss-and-locomotor-performance/ Google images

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