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Pungwe Flat Lizard
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Pungwe Flat Lizard

Platysaurus pungweensis

The Pungwe flat lizard (Platysaurus pungweensis) is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.

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Description

Females and juveniles of the Pungwe flat lizard are black and striped on their backs. Males vary by subspecies. The species resembles the common flat lizard, Platysaurus intermedius.

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Range & habitat

Pungwe flat lizards inhabit low rock outcrops and large hills in mesic savanna. They eat ants and beetles.

Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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