The Lebombo flat lizard lives in southern Africa, including Transvaal,[2] Swaziland, and KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa.

This area includes Middle Lebombo Range.

The habitat of this small lizard include grasslands and thickets.

Lebombo flat lizards are closely related to a subspecies of Platysaurus intermedius, P. i. wilhelmi.

Females, males, and juveniles of the Lebombo flat lizard are black-brown-gray, with blue bellies and white spots and stripes on their backs.