Augrabies flat lizard

P. broadleyi females and juveniles have a dark brown back, with three thick, cream stripes on the back. These stripes may be broken up into spots, or have spots in between the stripes. The belly is white, sometimes with a black dot on it, and at the rear there is an orange colour. The tail is straw-coloured. Adult males have a bluish head and a greenish back. A darker area in the middle and the vestiges of the juvenile stripes and spots are also present. The forelimbs are yellow to orange, the throat is dark blue, and the belly is black in the front but becomes orange near the tail. Above the tail, it is a tan colour, while below and on the sides, it is orange. All this colouration, while helping to attract females, also has a downside: predators such as kestrels easily spot them. Females, on the other hand, have much more subdued colouration and are less likely to be eaten. The Augrabies flat lizard is very similar to Platysaurus capensis, or the Cape flat lizard, in scalation, but differs in having finer scalation on top of the forelimbs. Medium-sized for its genus, P. broadleyi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.4 cm (3.3 in).

The Augrabies flat lizard has its geographic range for 200 km centred on Augrabies Falls, and west to Pella in the Northern Cape, South Africa. This area includes river valleys along the lower Orange River, Northern Cape Province, and Gordonia District.

The specific name, broadleyi is in honour of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley. The original species description by Branch and Whiting (1997) makes it clear that the correct common name is the Augrabies flat lizard. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Broadley's flat lizard because the specific epithet is broadleyi.