Ophisops | |
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Ophisops leschenaultii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
Genus: | Ophisops Menetries, 1832 |
Species | |
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Ophisops is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. Small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. These are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.[1]