{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = OphisopsLeschenaultii.jpg | image_caption = ''Ophisops leschenaultii'' | taxon = Ophisops | authority = Ménétries, 1832<ref>"''Ophisops'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben'' www.dahmstierleben.de</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}

[[File:Unidentified Ophisops species from Bhimashankar hills, Maharashtra, India.JPG|thumb|right|Unidentified ''Ophisops'' species (''O. beddomei'' ?) from Bhimashankar hills, Maharashtra]]

'''''Ophisops''''' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. They are small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. Species of the genus ''Ophisops'' are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.<ref>Minton SA Jr (1966). "A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' '''134''' (2): 29–184.</ref>

==Species==

The following 11 species are recognized:<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Ophisops}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

*''Ophisops agarwali'' <small>Patel & Vyas, 2020</small> – Agarwal’s snake-eye, Agarwal’s lacerta *''Ophisops beddomei'' <small>(Jerdon, 1870)</small> – Beddome's snake-eye, Beddome’s lacerta *''Ophisops elbaensis'' <small>K.P. Schmidt & Marx, 1957</small> – Mount Elba snake-eyed lizard *''Ophisops elegans'' <small>Ménétries, 1832</small> – snake-eyed lizard *''Ophisops jerdonii'' <small>Blyth, 1853</small> – Jerdon's cabrita, Jerdon's snake-eye, Punjab snake-eyed lacerta *''Ophisops kutchensis'' <small>Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018</small> – Kutch small-scaled snake-eye *''Ophisops leschenaultii'' <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1829)</small> – Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, Leschenault's cabrita *''Ophisops microlepis'' <small>Blanford, 1870</small> – small-scaled lacerta *''Ophisops nictans'' <small>Arnold, 1989</small> – lesser snake-eyed lacerta *''Ophisops occidentalis'' <small>Boulenger, 1887</small> – western snake-eyed lizard *''Ophisops pushkarensis'' <small>Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018</small> – Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ophisops''.

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Genus "''Ophiops'' [sic]", p.&nbsp;72). *Ménétries É (1832). ''Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse.'' Saint Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. 330 pp. (''Ophisops'', new genus, p.&nbsp;63). (in French).

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Category:Ophisops Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Édouard Ménétries

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