| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Platysaurus (adult SVL: 64-84 mm) distinguished from all other congenerics, except the Cape Flat Lizard P. capensis, in that the scales on the side of the neck are indistinguishable from those on the dorsum. From its nearest neighbour, P. capensis, it differs in many features of adult male colouration (condition in male P. capensis in brackets), most noticeably the possession of yellow, orange, or mixed yellow-orange upper surfaces to the forelimbs (blue); a tan dorsum on the tail (orange); a dark blue throat (light blue); and an extensive black belly (blue peripherally with a relatively smaller black central patch). It also differs from P. capensis in having significantly different numbers of gulars, longitudinal rows of ventrals, transverse rows of ventrals, dorsal forelimb scale rows, lamellae beneath the fourth toe, collar scales, and transverse dorsal scale rows (Tables 1- 3). Platysaurus broadleyi is further distinguished from P. capensis by its smaller upper forelimb scales, these being subequal to those on the hindlimb (autapomorphic); and the nostril usually (58.4 %) piercing a large nasal, the latter in contact with its counterpart behind the rostral. |
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