Platysaurus maculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Platysaurinae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: Platysaurus maculatus
Subspecies (2): P. m. lineicauda – P. m. maculatus

Name

• Platysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965: 1

Holotype: NMZB-UM 8054.

Type locality: “Mitucué Mountain, Niassa Province, Mozambique, at 3000 ft”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1965. A new species of Platysaurus from northern Mozambique. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 1(33): 1–4. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Platysaurus maculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Flat Lizard