Ophiodes

Ophiodes
Ophiodes intermedius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Subfamily: Diploglossinae
Genus: Ophiodes
Wagler, 1828
Diversity
Six species (see text)

Ophiodes is a genus of South American legless lizards in the family Diploglossidae.[1]

Species

Ophiodes contains six species.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Ophiodes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 September 2014.

Further reading

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