Ophiodes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Genus: Ophiodes
Species (6): O. enso – O. fragilis – O. intermedius – O. luciae – O. striatus – O. vertebralis
Name

Ophiodes Wagler, 1828: 740

Type species: Pygopus striatus Spix, 1825, by subsequent monotypy.
References
Primary references

Wagler,J. 1828. Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum. Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. BHL

Additional references

Cacciali, P. & Scott, N.J. 2015. Key to the Ophiodes (Squamata: Sauria: Diploglossidae) of Paraguay with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3980(1): 42–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Quintela, F.M., Regnet, R.A., Teixeira, V.H., Silveira, F. & Loebmann, D. 2017. A New and Microendemic Species of Ophiodes Wagler, 1828 (Sauria: Diploglossinae) from the Lagoa dos Patos Estuary, Southern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 51(4): 515–522. DOI: 10.1670/17-007 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Ophiodes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Worm Lizards

Ophiodes is a genus of lizards from South America.[1]
Species

Genus Ophiodes contains 6 species:[1]

Ophiodes enso
Ophiodes fragilis
Ophiodes intermedius
Ophiodes luciae
Ophiodes striatus
Ophiodes vertebralis

References

Ophiodes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 September 2014