The Sekukhune flat lizard (Platysaurus orientalis ) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. It has two subspecies.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withFemales and juveniles have a black back with white stripes, as well as a white belly. Adult male Sekukhune flat lizards have a green body, and a tail which is orange or red above, and yellow underneath.
The Sekukhune flat lizard lives in a small area of savannah in South Africa in the Sekhukhuneland natural region. This includes the Mpumalanga Escarpment.
The diet of the Sekukhune flat lizard includes insects, including caterpillars.
Female Sekukhune flat lizards lay two eggs in a rock crack in early summer.