Distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, east Botswana, Rep. South Africa (Transvaal and Cape Province), south Nambia. [Lang 1991: map]
Platysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997
Branch, W. & Whiting, M. (1997): A new Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. — African Journal of Herpetology (Stellenbosch), 46 (2): 124-136. [type locality: “Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa”; type in TM]
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Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Cooper & Whiting
2003: food chemical
discrimination; foraging mode; giving-up time; prey
chemical discrimination • Girard 1998:
comportement sexuel
• Greeff & Whiting
1999: fig eating
• Greeff & Whiting
2000: foraging
• Lewis, Whiting &
Stapley 2007: novel
mate preference • Schutz, Stuart-Fox
& Whiting 2007: behavior • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Whiting
1999: territoriality,
dear enemy phenomenon, rival recognition •
Whiting
2000: biology
• Whiting
2002: intersexual
differences in predation risk and escape behaviour
• Whiting 2007:
foraging mode •
Whiting
& Alexander 2001: sampling problems •
Whiting
& Greeff 1999: heterospecific cues •
Whiting
& Greeff 1997: feeding behavior •
Whiting
& Bateman 1999: male preference for large females
• Whiting 1998:
report on an experiment to
test the effectiveness of baiting glue traps •
Whiting
& Cooper 2003: plant chemical discrimination, prey
chemicals • Whiting, Nagy &
Bateman 2003: experimental manipulation of
status-signaling badges • Whiting, Webb &
Keogh 2009: female
mimicry, multiple signals • Wymann & Whiting
2003: mate preference,
species recognition, conflicting preference
•
Platysaurus
capensis Smith,
1844
Smith, A. (1838–1849)
[= 1844]: Illustrations of the Zoology of South
Africa. Consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of
the objects of natural history collected during an
expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years
1834, 1835, and 1836. Fitted out by ‘The Cape of Good Hope
Association for Exploring Central Africa’. — London: Smith,
Elder and Co. [see below, = plate 40.] [type locality:
“Great Namaqualand”; type in NHM]
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to enlarge
Boulenger
1885: morph
• Branch 1981:
distr •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, syntype in MHNP
• Cooper, Whiting &
van Wyk 1997: foraging
modes • Fitzsimons
1935[a]: morph, colour
• Fitzsimons 1937:
type in NHM •
Fitzsimons
1943: sys, morph,
colour, size, distr, behav • Griffin 2003:
conservation status, distr
• Haacke 1965:
morph, colour, distr, behav
• Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hewitt
1932: morph
• Hughes 1988:
age: >7 years
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Mertens 1955[b]:
distr •
Scott,
Keogh & Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Visser
1984[f]: morph, behav,
distr • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
• Whiting & Greeff
1997: feeding behavior
(the observations were conducted at Augrabies Falls
National Park, the type locality of Platysaurus
broadleyi; so
this paper refer to P. broadleyi) • van Wyk & Mouton
1992: epidermal
glandular structure • van Wyk & Mouton
1996: reproductive
cycle •
Platysaurus
guttatus Smith,
1849
Smith, A. (1838–1849)
[= 1849]: Illustrations of the Zoology of South
Africa. Consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of
the objects of natural history collected during an
expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years
1834, 1835, and 1836. Fitted out by ‘The Cape of Good Hope
Association for Exploring Central Africa’. — London: Smith,
Elder and Co., [Appendix]. [type locality: “Limpopo River
near the Tropic of Capricorn”; type in NHM]
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Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Bech & Kaden
1990: ter
• Biegler 1966:
age: >3 years
• Böhme 1988:
genital morphology
• Boulenger 1885:
morph •
Bowler
1977: age: >10
years • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1964[a]: sys
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Broom 1935:
skull •
Cobron
1987: morph, distr,
behav, ter • Fitzsimons
1935[b]: morph, size,
colour • Fitzsimons 1937:
type in NHM •
Fitzsimons
1939[b]: morph,
colour, size • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Freitag 1983:
ter •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hewitt 1909:
morph •
Hughes
1988: age: >12
years • Jacobsen & Newbery
1989: morph, distr,
sys • Laforgia & Varano
1982: chromaffin cells
in the adrenal glands • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Manacas 1952:
morph, colour •
Matz
1974: ter
• Matz 1975:
ter •
Newbery
1981: ethological
notes • Olmo, Capriglione,
Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Olmo &
Odierna 1980: chromosomes, DNA, karyotype
• Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Smet
1981: description of
karyotypes • Snider & Bowler
1992: age: >15
years • Szidat 1967:
first
note on egg-laying (see also
Broadley 1974) • Visser 1984[f]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Platysaurus
imperator Broadley,
1962
Broadley, D.
(1962[a]): On some
Reptile Collections from the North-Western and
North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958–61, with
Descriptions of Four New Lizards. — Occasional Papers of
the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia, 3, 26 (B):
787–843. [type locality: “Matowa, a granite outcrop
38 miles N.E. of Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia at 2950 ft.”;
type in National Museum Southern
Rhodesia]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1963[a]: morph,
habitat, distr • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Gray-Lovich
2005: care and
breeding in captivity • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hughes
1988: age: >14
years • Lang 1990[b]:
paratype in Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels •
Scott,
Keogh & Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Tiedemann,
Häupl & Grillitsch 1994: paratype in Naturhistorisches Museum,
Wien • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Platysaurus
intermedius intermedius Matschie,
1891
1968
Platysaurus guttatus intermedius – Wermuth
1978 Platysaurus intermedius intermedius –
Broadley
Matschie,
G. (1891): Ueber eine
kleine Sammlung von Reptilien und Amphibien aus Süd-Afrika.
— Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung Systematik (Jena), 5:
605–611. [as Platysaurus
intermedius; type
locality: “Station Mphome bei Hänertsburg im Districte
Zoutpansberg, nördlich von Maraba’s Stadt (Transvaal)”;
type in ZMB]
Bauer,
Lang & Günther 1994: sys, lectotype in ZMB •
Boulenger
1907[b]: morph
(as Platysaurus
guttatus, syn.
fide Broadley 1978) • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1964[a]: sys
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Cooper, van Wyk,
Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Egan
1994: reproduction
• Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Howard
& Hailey 1999: microhabitat • Hughes 1988:
age: >5 years
• Jacobsen 1994:
sys, morph •
Jacobsen
& Newbery 1989: morph, distr, sys •
Laforgia
& Varano 1982: chromaffin cells in the adrenal glands
• McKinon & Alexander
1999: digestive
efficiency • Olmo, Capriglione,
Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Pienaar
1978: colour, size,
distr, behav • Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: colour,
distr, behav • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Snider
& Bowler 1992: age: >4 years •
Visser
1984[f]: morph, behav,
distr • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Platysaurus
intermedius inopinus Jacobsen,
1994
Jacobsen, N.
(1994): The
Platysaurus
intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the
Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new
taxa. — South African Journal of Zoology (Pretoria), 29
(2): 132–143. [type locality: “Farm Glen Alpine 304LR,
Potgietersrust district, Transvaal”; type in
TM]
Platysaurus
intermedius natalensis Fitzsimons,
1948
1948
Platysaurus guttatus natalensis Fitzsimons
1978 Platysaurus intermedius natalensis – Broadley
Fitzsimons,
V. (1948): Notes on
some reptiles and amphibians from the Drakensberg, together
with a description of a new Platysaurus from northern Natal. — Annals of the
Transvaal Museum (Pretoria), 21 (1): 73–80. [as
Platysaurus guttatus
natalensis; type
locality: “Louwsburg, Northern Natal”; type in
TM]
Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Jacobsen 1994:
sys, morph •
Jacobsen
& Newbery 1989: morph, distr, sys
•
Platysaurus
intermedius nigrescens Broadley,
1981
Broadley, D.
(1981): A new
subspecies of Platysaurus intermedius
from Botswana (Sauria:
Cordylidae). — Botswana Notes and Records, 13: 161. [type
locality: “Shoshong Hills, 20km west of Mahalapye,
Botswana”; type in Umtali Museum, Zimbabwe]
Auerbach
1987: morph, behav,
distr •
Platysaurus
intermedius nyasae Loveridge,
1953
1953
Platysaurus guttatus nyasae Loveridge
1978 Platysaurus intermedius nyasae – Broadley
Loveridge,
A. (1953[a]): Zoological Results of a Fifth Expedition
to East Africa, III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete. —
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge,
Mass.), 110 (3): 143–322. [as Platysaurus guttatus
nyasae; type
locality: “rocks on right side of the Blantyre to Tete road
a mile or so south of Mpatamanga Bridge, Nyasaland”; type
in MCZ]
Broadley 1978[b]: revision (=all data)
•
Platysaurus
intermedius parvus Broadley,
1976
Broadley, D.
(1976[b]): Two new
forms of Platysaurus from the northern Transvaal (Sauria:
Cordylidae). — Arnoldia (Rhodesia), 8 (8): 1–3. [type
locality: “Blouberg, Soutpansberg District, northern
Transvaal, South Africa”; type in TM]
Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Jacobsen & Newbery
1989: morph, distr,
sys • Schmidt, Snyman &
Gruschwitz 2005: observation, distr •
Visser
1984[f]: morph, behav,
distr •
Platysaurus
intermedius rhodesianus Fitzsimons,
1941
1941
Platysaurus guttatus rhodesianus Fitzsimons
1978 Platysaurus intermedius rhodesianus –
Broadley
Fitzsimons, V.
(1941): Descriptions
of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from
southern Rhodesia. — Annals of the Transvaal Museum
(Pretoria), 20 (3): 273–281. [as Platysaurus guttatus
rhodesianus; type
locality: “Vumba Mountain, Southern Rhodesia”; type in
TM]
Auerbach 1986: etymology • Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Broadley
1962[a]: morph,
colour, size, habitat • Broadley 1974:
reproduction of the genus
(oviparous), see also Szidat 1964 •
Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Clauss & Clauss
2002: distr,
biology • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Jacobsen 1994:
sys, morph •
Jacobsen
& Newbery 1989: morph, distr, sys •
Loveridge
1944: revision (= all
data) • Nietzke 1978:
ter, morph •
Pienaar,
Haacke & Jacobsen 1983: distr • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Visser
1984[f]: morph, behav,
distr • Vriens 1991:
behav • Wever 1978:
structure and function of ear
•
Platysaurus
intermedius subniger Broadley,
1962
1962
Platysaurus guttatus subniger Broadley
1978 Platysaurus intermedius subniger – Broadley
Broadley, D.
(1962[a]): On some
Reptile Collections from the North-Western and
North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958–61, with
Descriptions of Four New Lizards. — Occasional Papers of
the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia, 3, 26 (B):
787–843. [as Platysaurus guttatus
subniger; type
locality: “Watsomba (a granite peak 16 miles N.N.W. of
Umtali, Southern Rhodesia)”; type in Umtali Museum,
Zimbabwe]
Bowler
1977: age: >3 years
• Broadley
1963[a]: morph,
habitat, distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Hughes 1988:
age: >5 years
• Lang 1990[b]:
paratype in Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels •
Snider
& Bowler 1992: age: >8 years
•
Platysaurus
intermedius wilhelmi Hewitt,
1909
1909
Platysaurus wilhelmi Hewitt
1944 Platysaurus guttatus wilhelmi – Loveridge
1966 Platysaurus wilhelmi wilhelmi – Pienaar
1978 Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi – Broadley
Hewitt, J.
(1909): Description of
a new species of Platysaurus and notes on the specific characters of
certain species of Zonuridae, together with synoptical keys
to all the known South African species and a résumé of our
knowledge on their distribution: and a key to the known
genera of South African lizards. — Annals of theTransvaal
Museum (Pretoria), 2 (1): 29–40. [as Platysaurus
wilhelmi; type
locality: “Nelspruit, Barberton District”; type in TM]
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to enlarge
Alexander,
van Der Heever & Lazenby 2001: thermal dependence of appetite and
degestive rate • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Douglas 1993:
reproduction •
Fitzsimons
1943: sys, morph,
colour, size, distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >6 years
• Jacobsen 1994:
sys, morph •
Jacobsen
& Newbery 1989: morph, distr, sys •
Lailvaux,
Alexander & Whiting 2003: sex-based differences and similarities in
locomotor performance, thermal preferences, escape
behaviour • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Pienaar 1978:
colour, size, distr,
behav • Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: colour,
distr, behav • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Visser
1984[f]: morph, behav,
distr • van Wyk & Mouton
1992: epidermal
glandular structure • Whiting & Alexander
2001: sampling
problems • Whiting, Lailvaux,
Reaney & Wymann 2003: anti-predatory tactics, refuge,
behavioural compensation, predation
•
Platysaurus
lebomboensis Jacobsen,
1994
Jacobsen, N.
(1994): The
Platysaurus
intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the
Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new
taxa. — South African Journal of Zoology (Pretoria), 29
(2): 132–143. [type locality: “Mananga hill, Barberton
district, Transvaal”; type in TM]
Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny
•
Platysaurus
maculatus maculatus Broadley,
1965
Broadley, D.
(1965[c]): A New
Species of Platysaurus from Northern Mozambique. — Arnoldia
(Rhodesia), 1 (33): 1–4. [type locality: “Mitucué Mountain,
Niassa Province, Mozambique, at 3000 ft.”; type in Umtali
Museum, Zimbabwe]
Branch,
Rödel & Marais 2005: distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision (=
all data) • Lang 1990[b]:
paratype in Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels •
Scott,
Keogh & Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Spawls,
Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Tiedemann, Häupl &
Grillitsch 1994: paratype in Naturhistorisches Museum,
Wien •
Platysaurus
maculatus lineicauda Broadley,
1965
Broadley, D.
(1965[c]): A New
Species of Platysaurus from Northern Mozambique. — Arnoldia
(Rhodesia), 1 (33): 1–4. [type locality: “14 mls. West of
Morrumbala, Zambezia Province, Mozambique, at 1000 ft.”;
type in Umtali Museum, Zimbabwe]
Branch, Rödel &
Marais 2005: maybe
full species • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) •
Platysaurus
minor Fitzsimons,
1930
1930
Platysaurus guttatus minor Fitzsimons
1989 Platysaurus minor – Jacobsen & Newbery
Fitzsimons,
V. (1930): Descriptions of new South African
Reptilia and Batrachia, with Distribution Records of Allied
Species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. — Annals of the
Transvaal Museum (Pretoria), 14 (1): 20–48. [see below]
[as Platysaurus
guttatus minor;
type locality: “Vygeboompoort, Waterberg District”; type in
TM]
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to enlarge
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >1 year
• Jacobsen & Newbery
1989: morph, distr,
sys • Korner, Whiting &
Ferguson 2000: interspecific aggression, species
recognition, mistaken identity, competitive exclusion
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Nietzke 1998:
ter, morph, distr,
behav • Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Smet
1981: description of
karyotypes • Wever 1970:
fine structure of the ear
• Wever 1978:
structure and function of ear
• van Wyk & Mouton
1996: reproductive
cycle •
Platysaurus
mitchelli Loveridge,
1953
Loveridge, A.
(1953[a]): Zoological
Results of a Fifth Expedition to East Africa, III. Reptiles
from Nyasaland and Tete. — Bulletin of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Mass.), 110 (3): 143–322.
[type locality: “Ruo River Forest, Mlanje Mountain,
Nyasaland”; type in MCZ]
Broadley 1978[b]: revision (=all data) •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Lang 1990[b]:
paratype in Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels •
Scott,
Keogh & Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Wermuth
1968: sys, distr
•
Platysaurus
monotropis Jacobsen,
1994
Jacobsen, N.
(1994): The
Platysaurus
intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the
Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new
taxa. — South African Journal of Zoology (Pretoria), 29
(2): 132–143. [type locality: “Farm Blackhill 317LR,
Potgietersrust district, Transvaal”; type in
TM]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Korner, Whiting &
Ferguson 2000: interspecific aggression, species
recognition, mistaken identity, competitive exclusion
• Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Platysaurus
ocellatus Broadley,
1962
Broadley, D.
(1962[a]): On some
Reptile Collections from the North-Western and
North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958–61, with
Descriptions of Four New Lizards. — Occasional Papers of
the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia, 3, 26 (B):
787–843. [type locality: “western slopes of the Chimanimani
Mts. Above Dead Cow Camp, 8 miles east of Melsetter,
Southern Rhodesia”; type in Umtali Museum, Zimbabwe]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1963[a]: morph,
habitat, distr • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Lang
1990[b]: paratype in
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
• Tiedemann, Häupl &
Grillitsch 1994: paratype in Naturhistorisches Museum,
Wien • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Platysaurus
orientalis orientalis Fitzsimons,
1941
1941
Platysaurus minor orientalis Fitzsimons
1944 Platysaurus guttatus orientalis – Loveridge
1989 Platysaurus orientalis orientalis – Jacobsen
& Newbery
Fitzsimons,
V. (1941): Descriptions of some new lizards from
South Africa and a frog from southern Rhodesia. — Annals of
the Transvaal Museum (Pretoria), 20 (3): 273–281.
[as Platysaurus
minor orientalis;
type locality: “Sekororo, on the lower slopes of the
Drakensberg, about 40 miles south of Leydsdorp”; type in
TM]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Jacobsen & Newbery
1989: morph, distr,
sys • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Scott, Keogh &
Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Wermuth
1968: sys, distr
•
Platysaurus
orientalis fitzsimonsi Loveridge,
1944
1944
Platysaurus guttatus fitzsimonsi Loveridge
1978 Platysaurus fitzsimonsi – Broadley
1989 Platysaurus orientalis fitzsimonsi – Jacobsen
& Newbery
Loveridge,
A. (1944): Revision of
the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae. — Bulletin of
the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Mass.), 95
(1): 1–118 pp. [as Platysaurus guttatus
fitzsimonsi; type
locality: “Lydenburg, Transvaal”; type in
MCZ]
Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Jacobsen & Newbery
1989: morph, distr,
sys • Visser 1984[f]:
morph, behav, distr
•
Platysaurus
pungweensis pungweensis Broadley,
1959
1959
Platysaurus guttatus pungweensis Broadley
1978 Platysaurus pungweensis pungweensis –
Broadley
Broadley,
D. (1959[a]): Sauria,
Cordylidae: Platysaurus guttatus
pungweensis n.
subsp. — Occasional Papers of the National Museum of
Southern Rhodesia, 23 (B): 314–315. [as Platysaurus guttatus
pungweensis; type
locality: “Pungwe river at 2400 ft. (near the Mozambique
border), southern Rhodesia”; type in National Museum
Southern Rhodesia]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1962[a]: morph, size,
habitat • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Cooper & Steele
1999: foraging and
chemosensory behavior •
Platysaurus
pungweensis blakei Broadley,
1964
1964
Platysaurus intermedius blakei Broadley
1968 Platysaurus guttatus blakei – Wermuth
1978 Platysaurus pungweensis blakei – Broadley
Broadley,
D. (1964[a]): A
new Platysaurus from Central Mozambique. — Arnoldia
(Rhodesia), 1 (5): 1–2. [as Platysaurus intermedius
blakei; type
locality: “15 miles south-east of Vila de Manica,
Mozambique”; type in Umtali Museum,
Zimbabwe]
Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Lang 1990[b]:
paratype in Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels
•
Platysaurus
relictus Broadley,
1976
Broadley, D.
(1976[b]): Two new
forms of Platysaurus from the northern Transvaal (Sauria:
Cordylidae). — Arnoldia (Rhodesia), 8 (8): 1–3. [type
locality: “Waterpoort, Soutpansberg District, northern
Transvaal, South Africa”; type in TM]
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Jacobsen 1994:
sys, morph •
Jacobsen
1988: summary of data,
conservation status “restricted”, map •
Jacobsen
& Newbery 1989: morph, distr, sys •
McLachlan
1978: conservation
status • Visser 1984[f]:
morph, behav, distr •
Platysaurus
torquatus Peters,
1879
1944
Platysaurus guttatus torquatus – Loveridge
1978 Platysaurus torquatus – Broadley
Peters, W.
(1879): Eine neue Art
der Säugethiergattung Hyrax (H. nigricans) aus Chinchoxo und über eine neue
Eidechse, Platysaurus
torquatus, aus
Mossambique. — Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft
Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (Berlin), 1879 (2):
10–11. [type locality: “Tette”; type data: syntypes in ZMB,
MCZ, Naturhist. Museum, Wien]
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to enlarge
Bauer, Lang & Günther 1994: sys, about types •
Boulenger
1885: morph
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1962[a]: morph,
colour, size, habitat • Broadley
1978[b]: revision
(=all data) • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour,
size • Loveridge 1944:
revision (=all data)
• Loveridge
1953[a]: morph,
colour, habitat • Peters 1882:
morph, sys •
Scott,
Keogh & Whiting 2004: molecular phylogeny •
Steinmetz,
Pütsch & Bisschopinck 1998: transport mortality •
Tiedemann,
Häupl & Grillitsch 1994: syntype in Naturhist.Museum, Wien
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
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