# Ophisops

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***Ophisops*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of wall [lizards](/source/Lizard) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Lacertidae](/source/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](/source/Species) of the genus *Ophisops* are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.[2]

## Species

The following 11 species are recognized:[3]

- *[Ophisops agarwali](/source/Ophisops_agarwali)* [Patel](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harshil_Patel) & [Vyas](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Raju_Vyas), 2020 – Agarwal’s snake-eye, Agarwal’s lacerta
- *[Ophisops beddomei](/source/Ophisops_beddomei)* ([Jerdon](/source/Thomas_C._Jerdon), 1870) – Beddome's snake-eye, Beddome’s lacerta
- *[Ophisops elbaensis](/source/Ophisops_elbaensis)* [K.P. Schmidt](/source/Karl_Patterson_Schmidt) & [Marx](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen_Marx), 1957 – Mount Elba snake-eyed lizard
- *[Ophisops elegans](/source/Ophisops_elegans)* [Ménétries](/source/%C3%89douard_M%C3%A9n%C3%A9tries), 1832 – snake-eyed lizard
- *[Ophisops jerdonii](/source/Ophisops_jerdonii)* [Blyth](/source/Edward_Blyth), 1853 – Jerdon's cabrita, Jerdon's snake-eye, Punjab snake-eyed lacerta
- *[Ophisops kutchensis](/source/Ophisops_kutchensis)* [Agarwal](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ishan_Agarwal), [Khandekar](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Khandekar), [Ramakrishnan](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Uma_Ramakrishnan), Vyas & [Giri](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Varad_B._Giri), 2018 – Kutch small-scaled snake-eye
- *[Ophisops leschenaultii](/source/Ophisops_leschenaultii)* ([Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_Milne-Edwards), 1829) – Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, Leschenault's cabrita
- *[Ophisops microlepis](/source/Ophisops_microlepis)* [Blanford](/source/William_Thomas_Blanford), 1870 – small-scaled lacerta
- *[Ophisops nictans](/source/Ophisops_nictans)* [Arnold](/source/Edwin_Nicholas_Arnold), 1989 – lesser snake-eyed lacerta
- *[Ophisops occidentalis](/source/Ophisops_occidentalis)* [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1887 – western snake-eyed lizard
- *[Ophisops pushkarensis](/source/Ophisops_pushkarensis)* Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018 – Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than *Ophisops*.

## Notes

1. "*Ophisops* ". *Dahms Tierleben* www.dahmstierleben.de

1. [Minton SA Jr](/source/Sherman_A._Minton) (1966). "A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan". *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History* **134** (2): 29–184.

1. www.reptile-database.org.

## Further reading

- [Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (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. 72).
- [Ménétries É](/source/%C3%89douard_M%C3%A9n%C3%A9tries) (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](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences). 330 pp. (*Ophisops*, new genus, p. 63). (in French).

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