Snake lizards ( lat.Ophiomorus ) - a genus of lizards from the family of skinks .
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 Speckled serpent lizard ( Ophiomorus punctatissimus ) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ophiomorus Duméril & Bibron , 1839 |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Classification
- 3 notes
- 4 References
- 5 Literature
Description
Snake lizards - small (body length up to 20 cm) lizards with an elongated serpentine body (hence the name). The limbs are short, to some extent reduced, with 2–4 fingers. Two species have lost limbs. The body is covered with smooth scales. Eyes are small, with separate movable eyelids. In the lower eyelid there is a transparent disk. The external opening of the ear is very small (inferior in size to the opening of the nostrils) or is completely absent. The muzzle is conical and blunt or wedge-shaped, the mouth opening is slightly covered by the edges of the upper labial shields.
Distributed in southern Europe (in the south of the Balkan Peninsula ), southwest Asia and Central Asia east to Pakistan and northwest India .
Leading digging lifestyle. Rarely appear on the surface, hiding under stones in soil cracks, sand. Some species can "swim" in loose sand, like representatives of the genus Scincus .
Classification
The genus includes 10 species [1] [2] :
- Ophiomorus blanfordi - Blanford's serpent lizard
- Ophiomorus brevipes - Short-legged Serpent Lizard
- Ophiomorus chernovi - Chernov snake lizard
- Ophiomorus latastii - serpent lizard Latasta
- Ophiomorus nuchalis - kavira snake lizard
- Ophiomorus persicus - persian serpent lizard
- Ophiomorus punctatissimus - speckled serpent lizard
- Ophiomorus raithmai
- Ophiomorus streeti - Street Snake Lizard
- Ophiomorus tridactylus - three - toed snake lizard
Notes
- ↑ The Reptile Database: genus Ophiomorus (English)
- ↑ Russian names of species are given according to Ananyev N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I. S. , Orlov N. L. The bilingual dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 251. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
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Literature
- Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status). - SPb. : Zoological Institute RAS, 2004. - S. 76. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .
- Bannikov A.G., Darevsky I.S., Ischenko V.G., Rustamov A.K., Scherbak N.N. Key to amphibians and reptiles of the USSR. Textbook manual for students biol. specialties ped. institutions. - M.: Education, 1977 - S. 160.
- The life of animals in 7 tons / Ch. Editor V.E. Sokolov. T. 5. Amphibians and reptiles. / A. G. Bannikov, I. S. Darevsky, M. N. Denisova and others; under the editorship of A. G. Bannikova - 2nd ed., Rev. - M .: Education, 1985 .-- S. 218.