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Ophisops
Ophisops leschenaultii
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Ophisops

Menetries, 1832
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Unidentified Ophisops species from Bhimashankar hills, Maharashtra

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]

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  1. ^ Minton, S. A., Jr. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bulletin of the Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist. 134(2)