Ophisops

Ophisops is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. They are small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. Species of the genus Ophisops are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.

Species

The following 11 species are recognized:

• Ophisops agarwali <small> & , 2020</small> – Agarwal’s snake-eye, Agarwal’s lacerta
• Ophisops beddomei <small>(Jerdon, 1870)</small> – Beddome's snake-eye, Beddome’s lacerta
• Ophisops elbaensis <small>K.P. Schmidt & , 1957</small> – Mount Elba snake-eyed lizard
• Ophisops elegans <small>Ménétries, 1832</small> – snake-eyed lizard
• Ophisops jerdonii <small>Blyth, 1853</small> – Jerdon's cabrita, Jerdon's snake-eye, Punjab snake-eyed lacerta
• Ophisops kutchensis <small>, , , Vyas & , 2018</small> – Kutch small-scaled snake-eye
• Ophisops leschenaultii <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1829)</small> – Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, Leschenault's cabrita
• Ophisops microlepis <small>Blanford, 1870</small> – small-scaled lacerta
• Ophisops nictans <small>Arnold, 1989</small> – lesser snake-eyed lacerta
• Ophisops occidentalis <small>Boulenger, 1887</small> – western snake-eyed lizard
• Ophisops pushkarensis <small>Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018</small> – Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye

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

Notes

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Genus "Ophiops [sic]", p.&nbsp;72).
• Ménétries É (1832). Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse. Saint Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. 330 pp. (Ophisops, new genus, p.&nbsp;63). (in French).