Ophisops jerdonii
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Jerdon's Snake-Eye Ophisops jerdonii is a species of lizard. Distribution: E Afghanistan, Pakistan, N/C India
[edit] Description
Differs from Ophisops leschenaultii in the following: A single anterior nasal, followed by two postnasals; labials not keeled, no projecting labial margin; usually one or two small azygos shields between the pair of prefrontals : no occipital. Dorsal scales as large as the caudals, much larger than the laterals; ventral plates subequal; 27 to 30 scales round the middle of the body. The length of the foot is lesa than the distance between the antehumeral fold and the nostril, femoral pores 11 to 15. Brownish or golden above, with two light lateral bands as in Ophisops leschenaultii, which are, however, not bordered with black bands, but with longitudinal series of black spots; lips, and frequently also the throat, speckled with black.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Boulenger, 1890, Fauna of British India
- Arnold, E. N. 1989 Towards a phylogeny and biogeography of the Lacertidarelationships within an Old-World family of lizards derived from morphology. BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) ZOOLOGY 55 (2): 209-257
- Beddome,R.H. 1870 Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35
- Blyth,E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
- Böhme,W. & Bischoff,W. 1991 On the proper denomination of Cabrita jerdonii Beddome, 1870 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Amphibia- Reptilia 12: 220-221
- Das, Indraneil; Dattagupta, Basudeb 1997 Rediscovery of the holotypes of Ophisops jerdoni Blyth, 1853 and Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917. Hamadryad 22 (1): 53-55
- Jerdon,T.C. 1870 Notes on Indian Herpetology. P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85
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