Ophiomorus
Appearance
Ophiomorus | |
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Ophiomorus punctatissimus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Scincinae |
Genus: | Ophiomorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1] |
Ophiomorus is a genus of Old World skinks.[2]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized:[2]
- Ophiomorus blanfordi Boulenger, 1887
- Ophiomorus brevipes (Blanford, 1874)
- Ophiomorus chernovi S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
- Ophiomorus kardesi Kornilios, Kumlutaş, Lymberakis & Ilgaz, 2018
- Ophiomorus latastii Boulenger, 1887
- Ophiomorus maranjabensis Kazemi, Farhadi Qomi, Kami & S.C. Anderson, 2011
- Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson & Andrén, 1978
- Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867)
- Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)
- Ophiomorus raithmai S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
- Ophiomorus streeti S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
- Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1853)
References
- ^ "Ophiomorus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae.
- ^ a b Genus Ophiomorus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Ophiomorus, p. 393).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ophiomorus, new genus, p. 799). (in French).
- Greer AE; Wilson GDF (2001). "Comments on the scincid lizard genus Ophiomorus, with a cladistic analysis of the species". Hamadryad 26: 261–271.
- Kazemi SM, Farhadi Qomi M, Kami HG, Anderson SC (2011). "A new species of Ophiomorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province, Iran, with a revised key to the genus". Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5 (1): 23-33 (e23). (Ophiomorus maranjabensis, new species).