Ophiomorus

Ophiomorus
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Ophiomorus punctatissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Ophiomorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Ophiomorus is a genus of Old World skinks.

Species

The following 11 species are recognized:

• Ophiomorus blanfordi Boulenger, 1887
• Ophiomorus brevipes (Blanford, 1874)
• Ophiomorus chernovi S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
• Ophiomorus latastii Boulenger, 1887
• Ophiomorus maranjabensis Kazemi, Farhadi Qomi, Kami & Anderson, 2011
• Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson & Andrén, 1978
• Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867)
• Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)
• Ophiomorus raithmai S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
• Ophiomorus streeti S.C. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
• Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1853)

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... ,Scincidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Ophiomorus, p. 393).

• Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ophiomorus, new genus, p. 799).

• Greer, A.E.; Wilson, G.D.F. 2001. Comments on the scincid lizard genus Ophiomorus, with a cladistic analysis of the species. Hamadryad 26: 261-271.

• Kazemi, S.M.; Farhadi Qomi, M.; Kami, H.G.; Anderson, S.C. 2011. A new species of Ophiomorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Maranjab Desert, Isfahan Province, Iran, with a revised key to the genus. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5 (1): 23-33 (e23).