''Ophisops nictans'', the lesser snake-eyed lacerta, is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Distribution

Northeast and eastern India, eastern Sri Lanka.

References

* Deraniyagala, P. 1971 A new lizard from Ceylon. Spol. Zeylan., 32: 103–105. Ophisops Reptiles of India Reptiles of Sri Lanka Reptiles described in 1989 {{Lacertidae-stub