.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Ophiomorus :::::.
Last update: 28 October, 2004

Ophiomorus is small wormlike lizards distributed in southeastern Europe and western Asia.

Ophiomorus blanfordi Boulenger, 1887

Distribution: Iran and Pakistan.

Ophiomorus brevipes (Blanford, 1874)

Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.

Ophiomorus chernovi Anderson & Leviton, 1966

Distribution: Turkmenistan.

Ophiomorus latastii Boulenger, 1887

Distribution: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson & Andrén, 1978

Distribution: Iran.

Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867)

Distribution: Iran.

Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory, 1833)

Distribution: Greece and Turkey.

Ophiomorus raithmai Anderson & Leviton, 1966

Distribution: India and Pakistan.

Ophiomorus streeti Anderson & Leviton, 1966

Distribution: Iran.

Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1855)

Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.

Literature
Anderson, S.C. 1999. The Lizards of Iran. Contrib. Herpetol., No. 15, SSAR, vii + 442 pp.
Anderson, S.C. & A.E. Leviton. 1966. A Review of the Genus Ophiomorus (Sauria: Scincidae), with Descriptions of Three New Forms. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (4)33(16): 499-534.
Bischoff, W. 1981. Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron und Bory 1833) – Schlangenskink. Pp. 366-372. In: Böhme, W. (Hrgs.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 520 pp.
Chondropoulos, B.P. & D.P. Papandroupoulos. 1996. Geographic Distribution. Ophiomorus punctatissimus. Herpetol. Rev., 27(3): 152-153.
Greer, A.E. & G.D.F. Wilson. 2001 (2002). Comments on the scincid lizard genus Ophiomorus, with a cladistic analysis of the species. Hamadryad, 26(2): 261-271.
Jooris, R. & G. van den Berge. 1994. Erneuter Beleg eines Ophiomorus punctatissimus aus Xanthos (Vil. Antalya, Türkei), mit einer Übersicht über die publizierten Funde der Art in Anatolien. Salamandra, 30(4): 272-273.
Kiabi, B., B. Zehzah, H.G. Kami & S. Shafii. 1999. On a new record of the Persian Skink, Ophiomorus persicus, in Iran. Zool. Middl. East, 19: 71-74.
Nilson, G. & C. Andrén. 1978. A new species of Ophiomorus (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Kavir desert, Iran. Copeia, 1978: 559-564.
Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über zwei Gattung von Eidechsen, Scincodipus und Sphenoscincus. Mber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 551-553.
Rödel, M.-O., R. Bussmann & A. Kaupp. 1989. Beitrag zur Biotopwahl von Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory 1833). Sauria, 11(1): 27-30.