Ophisops elegans

Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans is a species of lizard. Distribution: E Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, SE Bulgaria, NE Greece (Lesbos, Limnos, Chios, Samos, Samothraki, Agathonisi, Psara), Cyprus, Turkey, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, W Syria, Lebanon, Israel, W Jordan, Iraq, Iran (Kavir desert), N Pakistan, NW India

basoglui: S Anatolia centralanatolia:C Anatolia ehrenbergi: Kalymnos, Lesbos etc. macrodactylus: W Turkey, Greece (Lesbos etc.) Type locality: Baku, Azerbaijan

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References

  • Bischoff, W. 1974 Echsen des Kaukasus, Teil 7. Die Europäische Schlangenaugen-Eidechse Ophisops elegans Menetries 1832. Aquar. Terr. B21, 340-343.
  • Lantz,L.A. 1930 Note sur la forme typique d'O. elegans Ménétries. Bull. Mus. Géorgie 6: 31-42
  • Ménétries, E. 1832 Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse. L'Académie Impériale des Sciences, St. -Pétersbourg
  • Olgun, Kurtulus; Tok, Cemal Varol 1999 Ihlara Vadisi (Aksaray)'nden toplanan Ophisops elegans (Sauria: Lacertidae) ornekleri hakkinda. TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 23 (Turkish Supplement 3): 807-810
  • Schlüter, U. 2003 Zur Kenntnis des Westlichen Schlangenauges, Ophisops occidentalis (Boulenger 1887). Elaphe 11 (3): 56-63
  • Tok, Cemal Varol; Yusuf Kumlutas; Oguz Türkozan 1997 On Specimens of Ophisops elegans Menetries 1832, (Sauria; Lacertidae) Collected From Hatay, Turkey. Turk. J. Zool. 21: 195-203

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