Biology:Ophisops
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Ophisops | |
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| Ophisops leschenaultii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Ophisops Ménétries, 1832[1] |
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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 11 species are recognized:[3]
- Ophisops agarwali Patel & Vyas, 2020 - Agarwal’s snake-eye, Agarwal’s lacerta
- Ophisops beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) - Beddome's snake-eye, Beddome’s lacerta
- Ophisops elbaensis K.P. Schmidt & Marx, 1957 - Mount Elba snake-eyed lizard
- Ophisops elegans Ménétries, 1832 - snake-eyed lizard
- Ophisops jerdonii Blyth, 1853 - Jerdon's cabrita, Jerdon's snake-eye, Punjab snake-eyed lacerta
- Ophisops kutchensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas, & Giri, 2018 - Kutch small-scaled snake-eye
- Ophisops leschenaultii (Milne-Edwards, 1829) - Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, Leschenault's cabrita
- Ophisops microlepis Blanford, 1870 - small-scaled lacerta
- Ophisops nictans Arnold, 1989 - lesser snake-eyed lacerta
- Ophisops occidentalis Boulenger, 1887 - western snake-eyed lizard
- Ophisops pushkarensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas, & Giri, 2018 - Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophisops.
Notes
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. (Ophisops, new genus, p. 63). (in French).
Wikidata ☰ Q289519 entry
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