Ophiomorus

Ophiomorus
Ophiomorus punctatissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Ophiomorus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]

Ophiomorus is a genus of Old World skinks.[2]

Species

The following 12 species are recognized:[2]

References

  1. "Ophiomorus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae.
  2. Genus Ophiomorus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Ophiomorus, p. 393).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ophiomorus, new genus, p. 799). (in French).
  • Greer AE; Wilson GDF (2001). "Comments on the scincid lizard genus Ophiomorus, with a cladistic analysis of the species". Hamadryad 26: 261–271.
  • Kazemi SM, Farhadi Qomi M, Kami HG, Anderson SC (2011). "A new species of Ophiomorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province, Iran, with a revised key to the genus". Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5 (1): 23-33 (e23). (Ophiomorus maranjabensis, new species).



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