Platysaurus orientalis

Platysaurus orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cordyliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha Cladus: Cordyliformes

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Platysaurinae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: Platysaurus orientalis

Name

Platysaurus orientalis FitzSimons, 1941

• Syntypes: TM 4527-4530.
• Type locality: Sekororo, on the lower slopes of the Drakensberg, about 40 mi south of Leysdorp.

Combinations

• Platysaurus minor orientalis Fitzsimons, 1941: 280 [original combination]
• Platysaurus guttatus orientalis — Loveridge, 1944 [subsequent combination]
• Platysaurus orientalis — Jacobsen & Newbery, 1989 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(1): 273–291. Reference page. 

Links

• Bates, M.F. & Whiting, M.J. 2022. IUCN: Platysaurus orientalis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110165772A197425081. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110165772A197425081.en. Accessed on 21 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Sekhukhune Flat Lizard