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Snake-Eyes
Ophisops
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.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Snake-eyed Lizard
speciesOphisops elegans
Leschenault's Snake-Eye
speciesOphisops leschenaultii
Western Snake-eyed Lizard
speciesOphisops occidentalis
Jerdon's Snake-eye
speciesOphisops jerdonii
Beddome's snake-eye
speciesOphisops beddomei
Kutch Small-scaled Snake-eye
speciesOphisops kutchensis
Lesser Snake-eyed Lacerta
speciesOphisops nictans
Pushkar Small-scaled Snake-eye
speciesOphisops pushkarensis
Small-scaled Lacerta
speciesOphisops microlepis
Mount Elba Snake-eyed Lizard
speciesOphisops elbaensis
Agarwal's Snake-Eye
speciesOphisops agarwali
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35750.