page_title: Broadley's flat lizard
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Broadley's flat lizard / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: A female Platysaurus broadleyi at Augrabies Falls National Park
context_page_description: The Augrabies flat lizard, also known commonly as Broadley's flat lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.
context_section_description: P. broadleyi females and juveniles have a dark brown back, with three thick, cream stripes on the back. These stripes may be broken up into spots, or have spots in between the stripes. The belly is white, sometimes with a black dot on it, and at the rear there is an orange color. The tail is straw-colored. 
  Adult males have a bluish head and a greenish back. A darker area in the middle and the vestiges of the juvenile stripes and spots are also present. The forelimbs are yellow to orange, the throat is dark blue, and the belly is black in the front but becomes orange near the tail. Above the tail, it is a tan color, while below and on the sides, it is orange. All this coloration, while helping to attract females, also has a downside: predators such as kestrels easily spot them. Females, on the other hand, have much more subdued coloration and are less likely to be eaten.
  The Augrabies flat lizard is very similar to Platysaurus capensis, or the Cape flat lizard, in scalation, but differs in having finer scalation on top of the forelimbs.
caption: A female at Augrabies Falls National Park
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