The females and juveniles of all subspecies of P. intermedius have black scales, with white stripes on their backs.

These lizards can be found in moderately moist savannahs, as well as rock outcrops.

It ranges throughout Zimbabwe, North Province, Mpumalanga, southern Malawi, eastern Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, and northern KwaZulu-Natal.

This area includes the Kalahari Desert, and several large river drainage systems.

This subspecies can be found in southern Mpumalanga, a province of South Africa.

Males have been found to run shorter distances and go into hiding from a predator earlier than females.

[3] P.i.rhodesianus is one of the largest subspecies of the common flat lizard, reaching 120 mm in length.

The second phase has a yellow throat, black collar, and a green or blue chest.

This race occurs in all of Zimbabwe except the northeast, eastern Botswana, and the Limpopo.

In males from Trelawney, Zimbabwe, their backs are uniform red, also with whitish spots.

The males has a dark green back in the anterior, but the posterior part is red-brown.

Two major differences are white thighs with black spotting and a lack of a reduced collar.

P. i. inopinus can be found in the foothills of Blouberg, Northern Cape in South Africa.