Ophiodes

Ophiodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Subfamilia: Diploglossinae
Genus: Ophiodes
Species (6): O. enso – O. fragilis – O. intermedius – O. luciae – O. striatus – O. vertebralis

Name

• Ophiodes Wagler, 1828: 740

Type species: Pygopus striatus Spix, 1825, by subsequent monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler,J. 1828. Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum. Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. BHL

Additional references

• Cacciali, P. & Scott, N.J. 2015. Key to the Ophiodes (Squamata: Sauria: Diploglossidae) of Paraguay with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3980(1): 42–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Quintela, F.M., Regnet, R.A., Teixeira, V.H., Silveira, F. & Loebmann, D. 2017. A New and Microendemic Species of Ophiodes Wagler, 1828 (Sauria: Diploglossinae) from the Lagoa dos Patos Estuary, Southern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 51(4): 515–522. DOI: 10.1670/17-007 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ophiodes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Worm Lizards