Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Ophisaurus
Species: Ophisaurus compressus
Name
Ophisaurus compressus Cope, 1900
- Holotype: USNM 21359, ♂, collected by E.P. Alexander in October 1893.
- Type locality: “South Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina”.
Combinations
- Ophisaurus ventralis compressus Cope, 1900: 501 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Ophisaurus compressus — McConkey, 1952: 1 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
References
Primary references
- Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1898: 153–1270.
- McConkey, E.H. 1952. A new subspecies of Ophisaurus attenuatus, with a key to the North American forms. Natural History Miscellanea 102: 1–2. Reference page.
Additional references
- McConkey, E.H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51(1): 133–171. DOI: 10.2307/2422217
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Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Ophisaurus compressus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.
- Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Ophisaurus compressus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63718A12709606. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63718A12709606.en
Vernacular names
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