Comments on: New two-tone lizard named after Sir David Attenborough https://www.mq.edu.au/macquariematters/new-two-tone-lizard-named-after-sir-david-attenborough/ Your Macquarie Alumni News Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Martine Balit https://www.mq.edu.au/macquariematters/new-two-tone-lizard-named-after-sir-david-attenborough/#comment-474 Martine Balit Thu, 01 Oct 2015 23:42:13 +0000 http://mq.edu.au/macquariematters/?p=1994#comment-474 Hi Trisha,

Thank you for your comment. In regards to your question, the Platysaurus and the Blue Tongue are distantly related. Blue Tongues are in the ‘Skink’ family which has a global distribution; however the Platysaurus are from the ‘Cordylid’ family which are found only in Africa.

Kind regards,

Martine

]]> By: trisha mcdonald https://www.mq.edu.au/macquariematters/new-two-tone-lizard-named-after-sir-david-attenborough/#comment-470 trisha mcdonald Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:11:18 +0000 http://mq.edu.au/macquariematters/?p=1994#comment-470 thanks for this fab news about the naming of this beauty. sir david is a wonder!

would our blue tongue be related as they’re quite flat in my estimation?

with thanks again, keep up the fine work,

trisha

]]>