Platysaurus ocellatus BROADLEY, 1962

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Higher Taxa	Cordylidae (Platysaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Chimanimani Flat Lizard
Synonym	Platysaurus ocellatus BROADLEY 1962 Platysaurus ocellatus — BROADLEY 1978 Platysaurus ocellatus — ADOLPHS 2006 Platysaurus ocellatus — STANLEY et al. 2011
Distribution	SE Zimbabwe, adjacent Mozambique Type locality: Western Chimanimani Mountains, Melsetter, Rhodesia
Reproduction	Oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMZB, previously UM 1199, paratypes: NMW
Diagnosis
Comment
References	Adolphs, K. 2006. Bibliotheca Cordyliformium. Squamata Verlag, Sankt Augustin, 303 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 Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843 Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 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 Google images

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