Ophisops
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| Ophisops | |
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| Ophisops leschenaultii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Ophisops Menetries, 1832 |
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Ophisops is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. Small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. These are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.[1]
[edit] Species
- Ophisops beddomei
- Ophisops elbaensis
- Ophisops elegans
- Ophisops jerdonii
- Ophisops leschenaultii
- Ophisops microlepis
- Ophisops minor
- Ophisops occidentalis
[edit] Notes
- ^ Minton, S. A., Jr. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bulletin of the Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist. 134(2)
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