Mitchell's flat lizard

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Mitchell's flat lizard (Platysaurus mitchelli)[2] is a species of lizards in the family Cordylidae.

Mitchell's flat lizard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species:
P. mitchelli
Binomial name
Platysaurus mitchelli
Loveridge, 1953

Etymology

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The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of naturalist Bernard Lindley Mitchell of the Department of Game, Fish, and Tsetse Control in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in the 1940s.[3]

Geographic range

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P. mitchelli is found in Malawi.

Reproduction

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P. mitchelli is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Verburgt, L.; Pietersen, D.; Chapeta, Y.; Farooq, H. (2020). "Platysaurus mitchelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110164740A110164755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110164740A110164755.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Platysaurus mitchelli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Platysaurus mitchelli, p. 179).

Further reading

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  • Loveridge A (1953). "Zoological Results of a Fifth Expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard College 110 (3): 142–322. (Platysaurus mitchelli, new species, pp. 234–237).
  • Stanley, Edward L.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; Branch, William R.; Mouton, P. Le Fras N. (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 53–70.
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