Chris Mattison / Augrabies flat lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi). Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa, October.

Chris Mattison / Augrabies flat lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi). Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa, October.

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Flat Lizard (Platysaurus capensis) male basking, South Africa

Daniel Heuclin / Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator) male basking on rock. Controlled conditions. North Eastern Zimbabwe, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator) male basking on rock. Controlled conditions. North Eastern Zimbabwe, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator) head in profile; male. Controlled conditions. North Eastern Zimbabwe, November.

Charlie Summers / Broadley's flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi) resting on rock, Augrabies National Park, South Africa.

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Flat Lizard (Platysaurus capensis) in succulent karoo habitat, sunning on rock, Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) sunning on rock, Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe

PREMAPHOTOS / Ornamental flat lizard {Platysaurus guttatus minor} male in full breeding colours, South Africa

PREMAPHOTOS / Cape flat tailed lizard {Platysaurus capensis} male in full breeding colours, South Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Multicoloured lizard {Platysaurus sp} Matobe NP, Zimbabwe

Philippe Clement / Lebombo flat lizard sunning on rock {Platysaurus lebomboensis} Kruger NP South

Richard Du Toit / Cape flat lizard male {Platysaurus capensis} Skeleton Coast NP, Namibia

Neil Aldridge / Common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) male sitting on rock with with females behind, before leaving and re-entering entering frame to chase them, causing them to leave frame, Mapungubwe Nationa...

Neil Aldridge / Common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) female crouched on rocks and looking around, Mapungubwe National Park, Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) female peering over rocks and looking around before climbing rock behind and leaving frame, Mapungubwe National Park, Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Cons...

Neil Aldridge / Common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) female hunting for insects using its tounge on rocks, Mapungubwe National Park, Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) female and juveniles basking on rock, with one juvenile entering the frame to sit next to the female, Mapungubwe National Park, Greater Mapungubwe Transfro...