A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWhiting, Martin J.
dc.contributor.authorBranch, W R
dc.contributor.authorPepper, Mitzy
dc.contributor.authorKeogh, J Scott
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:36:20Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T09:31:18Z
dc.description.abstractWe describe a new species of flat lizard (Platysaurus attenboroughi sp. nov.) from the Richtersveld of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and the Fish River Canyon region of southern Namibia. This species was formerly confused with P. capensis from the Kamiesberg region of Namaqualand, South Africa. Genetic analysis based on one mtDNA and two nDNA loci found Platysaurus attenboroughi sp. nov. to be genetically divergent from P. capensis and these species can also be differentiated by a number of scalation characters, coloration and their allopatric distributions. To stabilize the tax-onomy the type locality of Platysaurus capensis A. Smith 1844 is restricted to the Kamiesberg region, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/76711
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.sourceZootaxa
dc.titleA new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage192
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage173
local.contributor.affiliationWhiting, Martin J., Macquarie University
local.contributor.affiliationBranch, W R, Bayworld (Port Elizabeth Museum)
local.contributor.affiliationPepper, Mitzy, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationKeogh, J Scott, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidPepper, Mitzy, u4022897
local.contributor.authoruidKeogh, J Scott, u9807405
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor060301 - Animal Systematics and Taxonomy
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB5519
local.identifier.citationvolume3986
local.identifier.doi10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.2
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84937433067
local.type.statusPublished Version

Downloads

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
01_Whiting_A_new_species_of_spectacularly_2015.pdf
Size:
3.7 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

ANU Research Publications

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS