Ophisaurus compressus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Ophisaurus compressus Cope, 1900

Ophisaurus ventralis compressus Cope, 1900: 501 [original combination, as subspecies]
Ophisaurus compressus — McConkey, 1952: 1 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1898: 153–1270.
McConkey, E.H. 1952. A new subspecies of Ophisaurus attenuatus, with a key to the North American forms. Natural History Miscellanea 102: 1–2. Reference page.

McConkey, E.H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51(1): 133–171. DOI: 10.2307/2422217 ; JSTOR Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ophisaurus compressus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Ophisaurus compressus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63718A12709606. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63718A12709606.en

English: Island Glass Lizard