title: Mitchell's flat lizard
text: # Mitchell's flat lizard
  
  Mitchell's flat lizard (Platysaurus mitchelli) is a species of lizards in the family Cordylidae.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of naturalist Bernard Lindley Mitchell of the Department of Game, Fish, and Tsetse Control in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in the 1940s.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  P. mitchelli is found in Malawi.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  P. mitchelli is oviparous.
  
  