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Ophisops

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Iguania

Family
  
Lacertidae

Rank
  
Genus

Ophisops Ophisops elegans The Reptile Database

Similar
  
Ophisops elegans, Darevskia, Mesalina, Acanthodactylus, Ablepharus

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.

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Ophisops Ophisops jerdonii The Reptile Database

ophisops


Species

The following eight species are recognized:

Ophisops Ophisops leschenaultii The Reptile Database

  • 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

    • Ophisops TrekNature Ophisops elegans Photo

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophisops.

    Ophisops Ophisops elegans macrodactylus Berthold 1842 Wonders at our feet

    Ophisops uploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonscc1Ophiso

    Ophisops FileBenny Trapp Ophisops elegansjpg Wikimedia Commons

    Ophisops Image Ophisops elegans Snakeeyed Lacertid BioLibcz

    Ophisops Ophisops MNTRIS 1832

    References

    Ophisops Wikipedia
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