''Ophiomorus'' is a
genus
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of
Old World
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skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s.
[ www.reptile-database.org.] The limbs are either reduced or absent, depending on the species. They are sometimes known as limbless skinks or snake skinks. Members of the genus live under rocks or in burrows.
Species
The following 12
species
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*'' Ophiomorus blanfordii'' ( Blanford, 1879) – Blanford's snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus brevipes'' ( Blanford, 1874) – short-legged snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus chernovi'' S.C. Anderson & ]Leviton
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, 1966 – Chernov's snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus kardesi'' Kornilios, Kumlutaş, Lymberakis & Ilgaz :
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, 2018
*''Ophiomorus latastii
Latast's snake skink (''Ophiomorus latastii'') is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Near East.
Etymology
The specific name, ''latastii'', is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste ...
'' Boulenger, 1887 – Latast's snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus maranjabensis'' Kazemi, Farhadi Qomi, Kami
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& S.C. Anderson, 2011 – Maranjab's snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus nuchalis'' Nilson & Andrén, 1978 – Nilson's snake skink, plateau snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus persicus'' ( Steindachner, 1867) – Persian snake skink
*''Ophiomorus punctatissimus
The Greek snake skink (''Ophiomorus punctatissimus'') is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
Geographic range
The skink can be found in Greece and Turkey.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and plantation ...
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& Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) – Greek snake skink
*''Ophiomorus raithmai
''Ophiomorus raithmai'', known commonly as the eastern sand swimmer and the three-fingered sand-fish, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in India and Pakistan.
Etymology
The specific name, ''raithm ...
'' S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966 – eastern sand swimmer, the three-fingered sand-fish
*'' Ophiomorus streeti'' S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966 – Street's snake skink
*'' Ophiomorus tridactylus'' ( Blyth, 1853) – three-toed snake skink, Indian sand-swimmer
References
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'' olume 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).
Ophiomorus
Lizard genera
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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