Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Snake-eyed Lizard, Snake-Eyed Lacertid
Common Names in German:
(Europ, (Europaische) Schlangenauge(neidechse)
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Lacertidae
()
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
()
- Genus:
Ophisops
()
- Mntris, 1832
- Specific name:
elegans
- MNTRIS 1832
- Scientific name: - Ophisops elegans MNTRIS 1832
- Specific name:
elegans
- MNTRIS 1832
- Genus:
Ophisops
(
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
(
- Family:
Lacertidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amystes ehrenbergi Wiegmann 1835 • Gymnops meizolepis STOLICZKA 1872< /i> (Fide Smith 1935) • Kstle & Kabisch 1996: 430 • Ohisops elegans Khalaf 1961 • Ohisops [sic] elegans Khalaf 1961 • Ophiops elegans var. mizolepis BOULENGER 1921 (Fide Smith 1935) • Ophisops blanfordi Schmidt 1939 • Ophisops elegans elegans Smith 1935: 379 • Ophisops elegans Dumril & Bibron 1839: 259 • Ophisops elegans Engelmann Et Al 1993 • Ophisops elegans Schleich
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: ehrenbergii: ZMB Not listed for India by DAS 1997.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ophisops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. elbaensis (Red Sea Snake-Eyed Lizard) · O. elegans (Snake-Eyed Lizard) · O. jerdonii (Jerdon's Snake-Eye) · O. occidentalis (Western Snake-Eyed Lizard)
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Further Reading
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- Biology of deserts: the proceedings of a symposium on the biology of hot and cold deserts organized by the Institute of Biology / edited by J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson. London: Institute of Biology; 1954. url p. 166.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 238, p. 239, p. 240, p. 364, p. 365, p. 366, p. 372.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 138 1969 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 346, fig. 5, page 347, p. 348, p. 349.
- Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url , p. 11.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 14 1994 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 100, p. 78, p. 87.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1970 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 106.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url , , p. 2, p. 30, p. 34, p. 38, p. 4, p. 40, p. 41, p. 44, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8.
- Preliminary key to the turtles, lizards, and amphisbaenians of Iran [by] Steven C. Anderson. 65 1974 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. url table 1 , p. 38, p. 44.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 190, p. 261, p. 442, p. 476, p. 480, p. 703.
- Reptiles and amphibians from southwestern Asia, by Karl P. Schmidt. 24 1939 Chicago, 1939. url p. 63, p. 64.
- Spixiana. 10 1987 Mnchen: Zoologische Staatssammlung Mnchen, 1977- url schleich , p. 299, p. 302, p. 37, map 5, p. 63, p. 64, p. 80.
- The herpetology of Sinai, by Karl P. Schmidt and Hymen Marx. 39 1956 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1956. url p. 22.
- The natural history of the USSR / Algirdas Knystautas; foreword by Vladimir Flint; [translation, John S. Scott]. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. url p. 216.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- GBIF-Sweden: Reptiles and Amphibians of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-5266
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627353
