The bronzeback snake-lizard (''Ophidiocephalus taeniatus'') is a species of lizards in the family

Pygopodidae Pygopodidae, commonly known as legless lizards, snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, is a family of squamates with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. At least 35 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight genera. They hav ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Australia. It is monotypic in the genus ''Ophidiocephalus''.

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* Pygopodids of Australia Ophidiocephalus Vulnerable fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1897 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gecko-stub