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Platysaurus minor FITZSIMONS, 1930

IUCN Red List - Platysaurus minor - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaCordylidae (Platysaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Waterberg Flat Lizard 
SynonymPlatysaurus 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
Platysaurus minor — STANDER 2023: 105 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Northern Transvaal)

Type locality: at Vygeboompoort, Waterberg District.  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesSyntypes: DNMNH (= TM) 2109, adult male, DNMNH (= TM) 2367, adult female 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2760 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin minor, small, little. ["...The above subspecies is undoubtedly allied to P. guttatus,but differs therefrom in its smaller size…"]. 
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 & 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
  • 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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