Ophiodes

Ophiodes is a genus of South American legless lizards in the family Diploglossidae.

Species

Ophiodes contains six species.

• Ophiodes enso
• Ophiodes fragilis – fragile worm lizard
• Ophiodes intermedius
• Ophiodes luciae – Lucy’s worm lizard
• Ophiodes striatus – striped worm lizard
• Ophiodes vertebralis – jointed worm lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophiodes.

References

Further reading

• Wagler [JG] (1828). "Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum ". Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. (Ophiodes, new genus, p. 740). (in German).