Mitchell's flat lizard explained

Mitchell's flat lizard (Platysaurus mitchelli)^[1] is a species of lizards in the family Cordylidae.

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.

Reproduction

P. mitchelli is oviparous.^[1]

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.

External links

• Taxonomy and range of Platysaurus mitchelli at ZipcodeZoo.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Platysaurus mitchelli . The Reptile Database. 2007-08-24.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Platysaurus mitchelli, p. 179).