Ophiomorus blanfordii

Ophiomorus blanfordii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ophiomorus
Species:
O. blanfordii
Binomial name
Ophiomorus blanfordii
(Blanford, 1879)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Zygnidopsis brevipes
    Blanford, 1879
    (non Blanford, 1874)
  • Ophiomorus blanfordii
    Boulenger, 1887
    (nomen novum)

Ophiomorus blanfordii, also known commonly as Blanford's snake skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Western Asia and South Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, blanfordii, is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.[3]

Geographic range

O. blanfordii is found in southeastern Iran and northwestern Pakistan.[1]

Description

O. blanfordii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in), with a tail length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in). The legs are small and underdeveloped. Each front foot has four toes, and each hind foot has three toes.[4]

Reproduction

O. blanfordii is viviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ophiomorus blanfordii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Ophiomorus blanfordii, new name, p. 395 + Plate XXXIII, figures 1, 1a).
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Ophiomorus blanfordi [sic]", p. 27).
  4. ^ Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. ("Ophimorus blanfordi [sic]", pp. 347–348).

Further reading

  • Blanford WT (1879). "Notes on Reptilia". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 48 (3): 127–132. (Zygnidopsis brevipes, new species, p. 128).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.



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