Ophisops beddomei
| Ophisops beddomei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Ophisops |
| Species: | O. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophisops beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) | |
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Ophisops beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's snake-eye, is a species of lizard endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Description
Very similar to Ophisops jerdonii. Two or three fronto-nasals on a transverse line; one or two azygos prefrontals nearly always present; first and fourth supra-oculars usually broken up into several very small shields or granules. Lateral scales distinctly smaller than dorsals; 28 to 32 scales round the body. Femoral pores 8 to 13. Coloration as in Ophisops jerdonii, but the upper lateral light streak frequently absent.[2]
Distribution
Type locality: Bramagherry Hills (Brahmagiri Hills), Wayanad.
Etymology
Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Smith MA. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Ophisops beddomei, p. 378).
- ↑ Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Ophiops beddomii [sic]", pp. 174-175).
- ↑ 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. (Ophisops beddomei, p. 21).
References
- Beddome RH. 1870. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 2: 169-176. [Reprint. 1940: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London 1 (10): 327-334.]
- Gayen NC. 1999. A synopsis of the reptiles of Gujarat, western India. Hamadryad 24 (1): 1-22.
- Jerdon TC. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85.
- Vyas R. 2003. First record of Ophisops beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) from Gujarat State, western India. Hamadryad 27 (2): 280-281.
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