Mitchell's Flat Lizard articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Malawi

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

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]

P. mitchelli is found in Malawi.

P. mitchelli is oviparous.^[2]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Platysaurus mitchelli ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
^ 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).

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