Mitchell's flat lizard
Mitchell's flat lizard (Platysaurus mitchelli)[1] is a species of lizards in the family Cordylidae.
| Mitchell's flat lizard | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Platysaurus |
| Species: | P. mitchelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysaurus mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 | |
Etymology
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.[2]
Geographic range
P. mitchelli is found in Malawi.
References
- "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).
Further reading
- 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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