Ophisops beddomei

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Ophisops beddomei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Ophisops
Species: O. beddomei
Binomial name
Ophisops beddomei
(Jerdon, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Pseudophiops beddomei Jerdon, 1870
  • Pseudophiops monticola Beddome, 1870
  • Ophiops beddomii
    — Stoliczka, 1872
  • Ophisops beddomei
    — M.A. Smith, 1935[1]

Ophisops beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's snake-eye, is a species of lizard endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Description

Very similar to Ophisops jerdonii. Two or three fronto-nasals on a transverse line; one or two azygos prefrontals nearly always present; first and fourth supra-oculars usually broken up into several very small shields or granules. Lateral scales distinctly smaller than dorsals; 28 to 32 scales round the body. Femoral pores 8 to 13. Coloration as in Ophisops jerdonii, but the upper lateral light streak frequently absent.[2]

Distribution

Type locality: Bramagherry Hills (Brahmagiri Hills), Wayanad.

Etymology

Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Smith MA. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Ophisops beddomei, p. 378).
  2. ↑ Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Ophiops beddomii [sic]", pp. 174-175).
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophisops beddomei, p. 21).

References

  • Beddome RH. 1870. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 2: 169-176. [Reprint. 1940: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London 1 (10): 327-334.]
  • Gayen NC. 1999. A synopsis of the reptiles of Gujarat, western India. Hamadryad 24 (1): 1-22.
  • Jerdon TC. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85.
  • Vyas R. 2003. First record of Ophisops beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) from Gujarat State, western India. Hamadryad 27 (2): 280-281.

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