Ophisaurus attenuatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880: 18

Holotype: not designated.
Neotype: ANSP 12755, ♂, collected by G.H. Ragsdale. [designated by McConkey (1954: 149)]
Type locality: “near Dallas”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Cooke County, Texas” by McConkey (1954: 149).

Cope, E.D. 1880. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 17: 1–51. BHL
McConkey, E.H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51(1): 133–171. DOI: 10.2307/2422217 ; JSTOR Reference page.

McConkey, E.H. 1952. A new subspecies of Ophisaurus attenuatus, with a key to the North American forms. Natural History Miscellanea 102: 1–2. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ophisaurus attenuatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 September 2020.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Ophisaurus attenuatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63716A12709295. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63716A12709295.en

English: Slender Glass Lizard

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