Ophisops
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| Ophisops | |
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| Ophisops leschenaultii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Ophisops Ménétries, 1832[1] |
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Unidentified Ophisops species (O. beddomei ?) from Bhimashankar hills, Maharashtra
Ophisops is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. They are small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. Species of the genus Ophisops are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.[2]
Species
The following eight species are recognized:[3]
- Ophisops beddomei (Jerdon, 1870)
- Ophisops elbaensis K.P. Schmidt & Marx, 1957
- Ophisops elegans Ménétries, 1832
- Ophisops jerdonii Blyth, 1853
- Ophisops leschenaultii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)
- Ophisops microlepis Blanford, 1870
- Ophisops minor Deraniyagala, 1971
- Ophisops occidentalis Boulenger, 1887
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophisops.
Notes
- ↑ Dahms Tierleben www.dahmstierleben.de
- ↑ Minton SA Jr. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 134 (2): 29-184.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus "Ophiops [sic]", p. 72).
- Ménétries É. 1832. Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse. Saint Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. 330 pp. (Genus Ophisops, p. 63).
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