Platysaurus broadleyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cordyliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha Cladus: Cordyliformes

Platysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997: 126

Holotype: TM 79828, adult ♂, collected by M.J. Whiting on 12 November 1995.
Type locality: “Augrabies Falls National Park, Gordonia District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (28°35'34"S, 20°20'13" E; 2829CB; aproxim. 559 m a.s.l.)”.

Branch, W. R. & Whiting, M. J. 1997. A new Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 124–136. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1997.9649987 Reference page.

Whiting, M.J. 2017. IUCN: Platysaurus broadleyi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T110163858A110321467. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T110163858A110321467.en. Accessed on 27 January 2026.