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Bibliography of the genus
Platysaurus (Flat Lizards)
(Reptilia: Sauria: Cordylidae)
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Platysaurus in general
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Broadley, D.G. 1962. In Search of Platysaurus, from Rhodesia to Natal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 19: 17-20.
Broadley, D.G. 1974. Reproduction in the genus Platysaurus (Sauria, Cordylidae). Herpetologica 30(4): 379-380.
Broadley, D.G. 1978. A revision of the genus Platysaurus A. Smith (Sauria: Cordylidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Series B Natural Sciences 6(4): 129-185.
Jacobsen, N. 1980. Children of the sun. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 36: 22-23.
Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Newbery, R.E. 1989. The genus Platysaurus A. Smith 1844 in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36: 51-63.
Scott, I.A.W.; Keogh, J.S.; Whiting, M.J. 2004. Shifting sands and shifty lizards: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of African flat lizards (Platysaurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(2): 618-629.
Wever, E.G. 1970. The lizard ear: Cordylus, Platysaurus and Gerrhosaurus. Journal of Morphology 130: 37-55.
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Platysaurus attenboroughi
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Whiting, M.J.; Branch, W.R.; Pepper, M.; Keogh, J.S. 2015. A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa 3986(2): 173–192.
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Platysaurus broadleyi
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Branch, W.R.; Whiting, M.J. 1997. A new Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 124-136.
Fras, P. le; Mouton, N. 2011. Aggregation behaviour of lizards in the arid western regions of South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 60(2): 155-170.
Girard, F. 1998. Un comportement sexuel remarquable chez Platysaurus broadleyi Branch et Whiting: Cordylidae. Revue Francaise d'Aquariologie Herpetologie 25(1-2): 58.
Greeff, J.M.; Whiting, M.J. 1999. Dispersal of Namaqua fig (Ficus cordata cordata) seeds by the Augrabies flat lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi). Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 328-330.
Greeff, J.M.; Whiting, M.J. 2000. Foraging-mode plasticity in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi. Herpetologica 56(3): 402-407.
Lewis, B.A.; Whiting, M.J.; Stapley, J. 2007. Male flat lizards prefer females with novel scents. African Zoology 42(1): 91-96.
Schutz, L.; Stuart-Fox, D.M.; Whiting, M.J. 2007. Does the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi aggregate because of social factors? Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 354-359.
Stapley, J.; Whiting, M.J. 2006. Ultraviolet signals fighting ability in a lizard. Biology Letters 2(2): 169-172.
Whiting, M.J. 1999. When to be neighbourly: differential agonistic responses in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46(3): 210-214.
Whiting, M.J. 2002. Field experiments on intersexual differences in predation risk and escape behaviour in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi. Amphibia-Reptilia 23(1): 119-124.
Whiting, M.J.; Bateman, P.W. 1999. Male preference for large females in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi. Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 309-312.
Whiting, M.J.; Cooper, W.E. 2003. Tasty figs and tasteless flies: plant chemical discrimination but no prey chemical discrimination in the cordylid lizard Platysaurus broadleyi. Acta Ethologica 6(1): 13-17.
Whiting, M.J.; Greeff, J.M. 1999. Use of heterospecific cues by the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi for food location. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45(6): 420-423.
Whiting, M.J.; Webb, J.K.; Keogh, J.S. 2009. Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 276(1662): 1585-1591.
Wymann, M.N.; Whiting, M.J. 2003. Male mate preference for large size overrides species recognition in allopatric flat lizards (Platysaurus broadleyi). Acta Ethologica 6(1): 19-22.
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Platysaurus capensis
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Branch, W.R. 1985. Cape lizards. 8 Girdled lizards and their relatives. Naturalist (Port Elizabeth) 29(3): 10-18.
Cooper, W.E.; Whiting, M.J.; Wyk, J.H. van 1997. Foraging modes of cordyliform lizards. South African Journal of Zoology 32(1): 9-13.
Whiting, M.J.; Greeff, J.M. 1997. Facultative frugivory in the Cape flat lizard, Platysaurus capensis (Sauria: Cordylidae). Copeia 1997(4): 811-818.
Wyk, J.H. van; Mouton, P. le F.N. 1996. The reproductive cycles of the oviparous lizards Platysaurus capensis and P. minor: evidence supporting a viviparity-oviparity reversal in the Cordylidae. Amphibia-Reptilia 17(2): 115-129.
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Platysaurus guttatus
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Broadley, D.G. 1962. The herpetofauna of the Inyanga National Park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 17/18: 8-10.
Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Newbery, R.E. 1989. The genus Platysaurus A. Smith 1844 in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36: 51-63.
Matz, G. 1974. Platysaurus guttatus A. Smith 1849. Aquarama (Paris) 8(25): 29-30.
Matz, G. 1975. Platysaurus guttatus. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 28(11): 361-362.
Matz, G. 1985. Platysaurus guttatus A. Smith 1849. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 20(2): 54-55. (Translated from Aquarama 8(25) 1974).
Newbery, R. 1981. Some ethological notes concerning Platysaurus guttatus guttatus A. Smith (Sauria: Cordylidae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 26: 7-9.
Szidat, H. 1967. Eiablage bei der Rotschwanzfelsenechse, Platysaurus guttatus. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 14(8): 283.
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Platysaurus imperator
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Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the northwestern and northeastern districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-61, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia (B) 3(26): 787-843.
Broadley, D.G. 1963. New reptiles from Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 20: 3-5.
Lovich, K.G. 2005. Care and breeding of the emperor flat lizard, Platysaurus imperator, in captivity. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 40(11): 201-203.
Schneider, C. 2013. Platysaurus imperator Broadley, 1962. Emperor Flat Lizard. Tail regeneration. African Herp News 60: 21-22.
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Platysaurus intermedius
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Alexander, G.J.; Heever, C. van der; Lazenby, S.L. 2001. Thermal dependence of appetite and digestive rate in the flat lizard, Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. Journal of Herpetology 35(3): 461-466.
Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the northwestern and northeastern districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-61, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia (B) 3(26): 787-843.
Broadley, D.G. 1963. New reptiles from Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 20: 3-5.
Broadley, D.G. 1976. Two new forms of Platysaurus from the northern Transvaal (Sauria: Cordylidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(8): 1-3.
Broadley, D.G. 1980. A new subspecies of Platysaurus intermedius from Botswana (Sauria: Cordylicea). Botswana Notes and Records 12: 167-168.
Douglas, R.M. 1993. Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi common flat lizard. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 36.
FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.
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 21(1): 73-80.
Hewitt, J. 1910. 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 the Transvaal Museum 2(1): 29-40.
Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1994. The Platysaurus intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new taxa. South African Journal of Zoology 29(2): 132-143.
Lailvaux, S.P.; Alexander, G.J.; Whiting, M.J. 2003. Sex-based differences and similarities in locomotor performance, thermal preferences, and escape behaviour in the lizard Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76(4): 511-521.
McKinon, W.; Alexander, G.J. 1999. Is temperature independence of digestive efficiency an experimental artifact in lizards? A test using the common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius). Copeia 1999(2): 299-303.
Muray, I.W. 2014. An index of spring diet in the Common Flat Lizard, Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. African Journal of Herpetology 63(2): 98-108.
Tasman, K.R. 1957. Less known lizards. Proceedings Trans. Rhod. Scient. Assoc. 45: 27-45.
Whiting, M.J.; Lailvaux, S.P.; Reaney, L.T.; Wymann, M. 2003. To run or hide? Age-dependent escape behaviour in the common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi). Journal of Zoology (London) 260(2): 123-128.
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Platysaurus lebomboensis
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Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1994. The Platysaurus intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new taxa. South African Journal of Zoology 29(2): 132-143.
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Platysaurus maculatus
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Broadley, D.G. 1965. A new species of Platysaurus from northern Mozambique. Arnoldia Rhodesia 1(33): 1-4.
Conradie, W.; Bittencourt-Silva, G.B.; Engelbrecht, H.M.; Loader, S.P.; Menegon, M.; Nanvonamuquitxo, C.; Scott, M.; Tolley, K.A. 2016. Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians. Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 163–180.
Schneider, C.; Barts, M. 2011. Das Porträt - der Kurzbericht zum Titelbild. Platysaurus maculatus maculatus Broadley. Sauria (Berlin) 33(4): 1-2.
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Platysaurus minor
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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 14(1): 20-48.
Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Newbery, R.E. 1989. The genus Platysaurus A. Smith 1844 in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36: 51-63.
Korner, P.; Whiting, M.J.; Ferguson, J.W.H. 2000. Interspecific aggression in flat lizards suggests poor species recognition. African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 139-146.
Wyk, J.H. van; Mouton, P. le F.N. 1996. The reproductive cycles of the oviparous lizards Platysaurus capensis and P. minor: evidence supporting a viviparity-oviparity reversal in the Cordylidae. Amphibia-Reptilia 17(2): 115-129.
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Platysaurus monotropis
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Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1994. The Platysaurus intermedius complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) in the Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of three new taxa. South African Journal of Zoology 29(2): 132-143.
Korner, P.; Whiting, M.J.; Ferguson, J.W.H. 2000. Interspecific aggression in flat lizards suggests poor species recognition. African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 139-146.
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Platysaurus ocellatus
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Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the northwestern and northeastern districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-61, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia (B) 3(26): 787-843.
Broadley, D.G. 1963. New reptiles from Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 20: 3-5.
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Platysaurus orientalis
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FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.
Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Newbery, R.E. 1989. The genus Platysaurus A. Smith 1844 in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36: 51-63.
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Platysaurus pungweensis
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Broadley, D.G. 1959. Sauria, Cordylidae: Platysaurus guttatus pungweensis n. subsp. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia (B) 3(23): 314-315.
Broadley, D.G. 1964. A new Platysaurus from Central Mozambique. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 1(5): 1-2.
Cooper, W.E.; Steele, L.J. 1999. Lingually mediated discriminations among prey chemicals and control stimuli in cordyliform lizards: presence in a gerrhosaurid and absence in two cordylids. Herpetologica 55(3): 361-368.
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Platysaurus relictus
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Broadley, D.G. 1976. Two new forms of Platysaurus from the northern Transvaal (Sauria: Cordylidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(8): 1-3.
Kirchhof, S.; Linden, J.; Rödder, D.; Richter, K. 2010. Daily activity patterns of Australolacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae) with comments on niche segregation within a syntopic lizard community. North-Western Journal of Zoology 6(2): 172-181.
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Platysaurus torquatus
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Peters, W.C.H. 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 1879(2): 10-11.
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