Platysaurus maculatus

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 Superclassis: 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

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., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Platysaurus maculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Spotted Flat Lizard