Spotted Flat Lizard
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The Spotted Flat Lizard is a lizard
in the Cordylidae
family. It lives in Mozambique
. The Spotted Flat Lizard has two subspecies, P. m. maculatus and P. m. linecauda. Both were discovered in 1965.
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
in the Cordylidae
Cordylidae
Cordylidae is a family of small to medium sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa. They are commonly known as "Girdled", Spinytail lizards or Girdle-tail lizards. Girdled lizards are diurnal and insectivorous...
family. It lives in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
. The Spotted Flat Lizard has two subspecies, P. m. maculatus and P. m. linecauda. Both were discovered in 1965.