Ophisops

Ophisops elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

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 Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Ophisops
Species (11): O. agarwali – O. beddomei – O. elbaensis – O. elegans – O. jerdonii – O. kutchensis – O. leschenaultii – O. microlepis – O. nictans – O. occidentalis – O. pushkarensis

Name

Ophisops Ménétries, 1832: 63

• Type species: Ophisops elegans Ménétries, 1832, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Ménétriés, E. 1832. Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu’aux frontières actuelles de la Perse entrepris par ordre de S. M. l’Empereur. St. Pétersbourg: L’Académie Impériale des Sciences. [2] + 271 + xxxii + iv + [1] pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Agarwal, I. & Ramakrishnan, U. 2017. A phylogeny of open-habitat lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae: Ophisops) supports the antiquity of Indian grassy biomes. Journal of Biogeography 44(9): 2021–2032. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12999 Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Khandekar, A., Ramakrishnan, U., Vyas, R. & Giri, V.B. 2018. Two new species of the Ophisops microlepis (Squamata: Lacertidae) complex from northwestern India with a key to Indian Ophisops. Journal of Natural History 52(13–16): 819–847. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1436203 Reference page. 
• Patel, H. & Vyas, R. 2020. Lost before being recognized? A new species of the genus Ophisops (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Gujarat, India. Ecologica Montenegrina 35: 31–44. DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ophisops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 April 2022.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: İlanbaş
български: Змиеоки гущери
English: Snake-eyed Lizards
ქართული: გველთავა
русский: Змееголовки

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