Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 12th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Ophisops
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Snake-eyed Lizards, Indian Snake-eyed Lizards (Cabrita)
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Schlangenaugen-Eidechsen
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Slangeøjefirben
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1832 |  |
Ophisops Menetries (type species: Ophisops elegans Menetries 1832) |
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1835 | |
Amystes Wiegmann (type species: Amystes ehrenbergii Wiegmann 1835; syn. Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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1838 | |
Cabrita Gray (type species: Cabrita brunnea Gray 1838; syn. Arnold 1989) |
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1839 | |
Calosaura Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Lacerta leschenaultii Milne-Edwards 1829; syn. Arnold 1989) |
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1870 | |
Cabritopsis Beddome (type species: Cabrita jerdonii Beddome 1870; syn. Arnold 1989) |
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1870 | |
Gymnops Blanford [not Gymnops Spix 1824; not Gymnops Cuvier] (type species: Ophiops microlepis Blanford 1870; syn. Arnold 1989) |
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1870 | |
Pseudophiops Jerdon (type species: Pseudophiops theobaldi Jerdon 1870; syn. Boulenger 1921) |
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1873 | |
Chondrophiops Blanford [substitute name for Gymnops Blanford 1870] (Boulenger 1921) |
Contents:
11 species, of which 5 (45.5%) are endemic.
Remarks:
Arnold (1989) synonymized Cabrita with Ophisops.
Since the name jerdonii was preoccupied by Ophisops jerdonii (Blyth 1853), a new name was necessary for Cabrita jerdonii Beddome 1870.
Arnold (1989) proposed Ophisops nictans, but overlooked that another name, Cabrita jerdonii minor Deraniyagala 1971, was already available.
Thus, Ophisops minor is the correct name for the species formerly known as Cabrita jerdonii (see Böhme & Bischoff 1991).
Distribution:
N. Africa, SE. Europe, Middle East,
Reported from:
Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bulgaria,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Georgia,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands
[incl.
Dodecanese Islands
(incl.
Rhodes)]),
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Morocco,
Pakistan,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Sri Lanka,
Syria,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Yemen.
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Ophisops agarwali
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Dahod Snake-eyed Lizard, (Agarwal's Snake-eyed Lizard)
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Dahod-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Dahod-slangeøjefirben
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2020 | |
Ophisops agarwali Patel & Vyas |
Distribution:
India
(Gujarat).
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Ophisops beddomii
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Kerala Snake-eyed Lizard, (Beddom's Snake-eyed Lizard)
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Kerala-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Kerala-slangeøjefirben
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1870 | |
Pseudophiops beddomei Jerdon |
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Ophiops beddomei Stoliczka 1872 |
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1870 | |
Pseudophiops monticola Beddome (Smith 1935) |
Distribution:
India
(Goa,
Gujarat,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu).
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Ophisops elbaensis
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Mount Elba Snake-eyed Lizard
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Elba-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Elba-slangeøjefirben
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1957 | |
Ophisops elbaensis Schmidt & Marx |
Remarks:
Welch (1982) stated the distribution of the species to be Sudan, undoubtedly a mistake based on the fact that the type locality of elbaensis is Jabal Elba (Mount Elba) in the Sudan-administered extreme southeastern Egypt.
Distribution:
Egypt,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen.
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Ophisops elegans
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Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard, European Snake-eyed Lizard, Smooth Spectacled Lizard, (Ménétriés' Lizard)
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Europäische Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Europæisk Slangeøjefirben
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1832 | |
Ophisops elegans Menetries |
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1835 | |
Amystes ehrenbergii Wiegmann (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophiops elegans ehrenbergii Boulenger 1918 |
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1838 | |
? Algira punctata Gray (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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1842 | |
Ophiops macrodactylus Berthold (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophisops elegans macrodactylus Bischoff 1991 |
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1872 | |
Gymnops meizolepis Stoliczka (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophiops meizolepis Blanford 1876 |
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Ophiops elegans meizolepis Boulenger 1918 |
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1880 | |
Ophiops schlueteri Boettger (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophiops elegans schlueteri Boulenger 1888 |
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1918 | |
Ophiops elegans persicus Boulenger |
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1939 | |
Ophisops blanfordi Schmidt (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Ophisops elegans blanfordi Bischoff 1991 |
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1944 | |
Ophisops elegans centralanatoliae Bodenheimer (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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1978 | |
Ophisops elegans basoglui Baran & Budak (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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2017 | |
Ophisops elegans budakibarani Tok, Afsar, Yakin, Ayaz & Cicek |
Remarks:
Previously included occidentalis.
Not mentioned for Saudi Arabia by Aloufi, Amr, Baker & Hamidan (2019).
Not mentioned for Algeria by Beddek (2017) or by Rouag & Ziane (2023).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bulgaria,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(Sinai),
Georgia,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands
[incl.
Dodecanese Islands
(incl.
Rhodes)]),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Pakistan,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Syria,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey).
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Ophisops elegans
© Rune Midtgaard
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Ophisops jerdonii
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Punjab Snake-eyed Lizard, Rugose Snake-eyed Lizard, Golden-striped Snake-eyed Lizard, Striped Racerunner
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Punjab-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Punjab-slangeøjefirben
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1853 | |
Ophiops jerdonii Blyth |
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Tropidosaura jerdoni Theobald 1868 |
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Pseudophiops jerdoni Jerdon 1870 |
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1870 | |
Ophiops bivittata Jerdon (Smith 1935) |
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1870 | |
Pseudophiops theobaldi Jerdon (Smith 1935) |
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1884 | |
Calosaura chaperi Sauvage (Smith 1935) |
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Cabrita chaperi Boulenger 1887 |
Remarks:
Not listed for Chhattisgarh by Ahmed, Basak, Sarkar, Suraj & Babarta (2021).
Distribution:
Afghanistan,
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Uttarakhand),
Pakistan.
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Ophisops kutchensis
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Kutch Snake-eyed Lizard, Kutch Small-scaled Snake-eye
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Kutch-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Kutch-slangeøjefirben
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2018 | |
Ophiops kutchensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as populations of microlepis.
Distribution:
India
(Gujarat).
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Ophisops leschenaultii
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Peninsular Snake-eyed Lizard, (Peninsular Golden Cabrita, Leschenault's Snake-eyed Lizard)
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Indische Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Indisk Slangeøjefirben
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Lacerta leschenaultii Milne-Edwards |
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Calosaura leschenaultii Duméril & Bibron 1839 |
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Cabrita leschenaultii Gray 1845 |
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Ophisops leschenaultii Arnold 1989 |
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1838 | |
Cabrita brunnea Gray (Smith 1935) |
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1953 | |
Cabrita leschenaultii lankae Deraniyagala (Deraniyagala 1953) |
Distribution:
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana),
Sri Lanka.
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Ophisops microlepis
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Small-scaled Snake-eyed Lizard, (Cutch Snake-eyed Lizard)
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Kleinschuppige Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Finskællet Slangeøjefirben
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1870 | |
Ophiops microlepis Blanford |
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Gymnops microlepis Stoliczka 1872 |
Remarks:
Previously included the populations now assigned to kutchensis and pushkarensis (Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018).
As now defined, microlepis has currently been confirmed only for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Older records of "microlepis" from "Bihar" (actually refers to Jharkhand), Gujarat, and Rajasthan are of uncertain taxonomic status, and the Gujarat and
Rajasthan records are likely to refer to kutchensis and pushkarensis, respectively, but this needs verification
(Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri 2018).
Distribution:
India
(Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh).
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Ophisops minor
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Lesser Snake-eyed Lizard, (Indian Golden Cabrita)
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Kleine Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Lille Slangeøjefirben
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1971 | |
Cabrita jerdonii minor Deraniyagala |
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Ophisops minor Böhme & Bischoff 1991 |
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1989 | |
Ophisops nictans Arnold (Böhme & Bischoff 1991) |
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Ophisops minor nictans Böhme & Bischoff 1991 |
Remarks:
See under genus.
Distribution:
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Karnataka,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Telangana,
Uttar Pradesh),
Sri Lanka.
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Ophisops occidentalis
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North African Snake-eyed Lizard, Western Snake-eyed Lizard, Mograbin Snake-eyed Lizard
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Westliche Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Nordvestafrikansk Slangeøjefirben
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1887 | |
Ophiops occidentalis Boulenger |
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Ophisops elegans occidentalis Welch 1982 |
Distribution:
Algeria,
Egypt,
Libya,
Morocco,
Tunisia.
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Ophisops pushkarensis
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Pushkar Snake-eyed Lizard, Pushkar Small-scaled Snake-eye
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Pushkar-Schlangenaugen-Eidechse
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Pushkar-slangeøjefirben
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2018 | |
Ophiops pushkarensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as populations of microlepis.
Distribution:
India
(Gujarat,
Rajasthan).
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