Ophisaurus incomptus MCCONKEY, 1955

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Plainneck Glass Lizard S: Lagartija de Cristal de Cuello Plano
Synonym	Ophisaurus incomptus MCCONKEY 1955 Ophisaurus incomptus — LINER 1994 Ophisaurus incomptus — LINER 2007 Anguis incomptus — TERÁN-JUÁREZ 2008 Anguis incomptus — BRYSON & GRAHAM 2010 Ophisaurus incomptus — LEMOS-ESPINAL & DIXON 2013
Distribution	Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz ?) Type locality: "Seven miles south of Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico."
Reproduction	ovoviviparous (inferred from other members of the genus)
Types	Holotype: LSUM 4886, female (Louisiana State Univ. Mus. Zool.)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “An Ophisaurus differing from other North American members of the genus by the following characters taken in combination: the whitish markings on the dorsal scales occupy the edges rather than the centers of the scales, and there are no vertical white bars in the neck region. [...] The type is remarkably similar to O. ventralis, the only distinguishing character that I have been able to find being the absence of vertical neck bars in the Mexican form.” (McConkey 1955).
Comment	Known from only 4 specimens (BRYSON & GRAHAM 2010).
References	Bryson, Robert W. and Matthew R. Graham. 2010. A new alligator lizard from northeastern Mexico. Herpetologica 66 (1): 92-98 - get paper here Holman, J. Alan 1971. Ophisaurus incomptus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (114): 1 - get paper here Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106 - get paper here Lemos-Espinal, J. A., & Smith, G. R. 2024. Amphibians and reptiles of the Transvolcanic Belt biogeographic province of Mexico: diversity, similarities, and conservation. Nature Conservation, 56: 37-76 Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. and James R. Dixon 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of San Luis Potosí. Eagle Mountain Publishing, xii + 300 pp. - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Mcconkey, Edwin H. 1955. A new lizard of the genus Ophisaurus from Mexico. Nat. Hist. Misc. Chicago Acad. Sci. 145: 1 Soto-Zúñiga, María Fernanda; Carlos Barriga-Vallejo, David Lazcano, Javier Banda-Leal, Pablo A. Lavín-Murcio, Sergio A. Terán-Juárez, Osbel Antonio Martínez-Arriaga, Oscar Hinojosa-Falcón, Lydia Allison Fuscko and Larry David Wilson 2023. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Mexico 41: New Range Extensions for the Plain-necked Glass Lizard, Ophisaurus incomptus McConkey, 1955, in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 58(2):21-25 Terán-Juárez, S.A. 2008. Anguis incomptus (Sauria: Anguidae) una adición a la herpetofauna de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 24 (2): 235-238 - get paper here Terán-Juárez, Sergio A., Elí García Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Tamaulipas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 43–113 - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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