Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Ophisaurus
Species: Ophisaurus ventralis
Name
Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Holotype: unknown fide McConkey (1954: 138).
- Type locality: “Carolina”, restricted to “the vicinity of Charleston”, South Carolina by Neill (1949: 100).
Combinations
Synonyms
- Ophisaurus punctatus Cuvier, 1829: 70 [synonymized by Duméril & Bibron (1839: 424); nomen nudum fide Schmidt (1953: 137) and Wermuth (1969: 32)]
- Type material: not stated.
- Type locality: not designated.
- Ophisaurus striatulus Cuvier, 1829: 70 [synonymized by Duméril & Bibron (1839: 424); nomen nudum fide Schmidt (1953: 137) and Wermuth (1969: 32)]
- Type material: not stated.
- Type locality: not designated.
- Ophisaurus lineatus Gray, 1838: 391 [synonymized by Gray (1845: 56)]
- Type material: RCSM. [probably lost]
- Type locality: “North America”, restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953: 137).
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.
- Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Déterville: Paris. i–xv + 406 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 BHL Reference page.
- Gray, J.E. 1838. On some new Species of Quadupeds and Shells. Annals of Natural History 1: 27–30. BHL Reference page.
- Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Neill, W.T. 1949. Forms of Ophisaurus in the southeastem United States. Herpetologica 5(4): 97–100. DOI: 10.2307/3889689 Reference page.
- Schmidt, K.P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th edition. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. viii + 280 pp. Reference page.
- 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. - Wermuth, H. 1969. Das Tierreich Lfg 90. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Anguidae, Anniellidae, Xenosauridae. De Gruyter: Berlin. xii + 41 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-102476-9 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Ophisaurus ventralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 September 2020.
- Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Ophisaurus ventralis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63721A12710178. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63721A12710178.en
Vernacular names
English: Eastern Glass Lizard
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