''Ophisops'' is a

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of wall

lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...

s of the

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Lacertidae The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at about 360 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group of reptiles found ...

. 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 A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of the genus ''Ophisops'' are distributed in southeast Europe, northeast Africa, to west Asia.

Species

The following 11 species are recognized: www.reptile-database.org. *'' Ophisops agarwali''

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& Vyas, 2020 – Agarwal’s snake-eye, Agarwal’s lacerta *'' Ophisops beddomei'' ( Jerdon, 1870) – Beddome's snake-eye, Beddome’s lacerta *'' Ophisops elbaensis'' K.P. Schmidt &

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, 1957 – Mount Elba snake-eyed lizard *''

Ophisops elegans ''Ophisops elegans'', commonly known as the snake-eyed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Mediterranean region and Central Asia. There are nine recognized subspecies. Description ''O. elegan ...

'' Ménétries, 1832 – snake-eyed lizard *'' Ophisops jerdonii'' Blyth, 1853 – Jerdon's cabrita, Jerdon's snake-eye, Punjab snake-eyed lacerta *'' Ophisops kutchensis''

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, Khandekar,

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, Vyas & Giri, 2018 – Kutch small-scaled snake-eye *''

Ophisops leschenaultii ''Ophisops leschenaultii'', Common name, commonly called Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, and Leschenault's cabrita, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Lacertidae. The species is native to India and eastern Sr ...

'' (

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, 1829) – Leschenault's snake-eye, Leschenault’s lacerta, Leschenault's cabrita *'' Ophisops microlepis'' Blanford, 1870 – small-scaled lacerta *'' Ophisops nictans''

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, 1989 – lesser snake-eyed lacerta *'' Ophisops occidentalis''

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, 1887 – western snake-eyed lizard *'' Ophisops pushkarensis'' Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018 – Pushkar small-scaled snake-eye ''

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

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