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Ophisaurus ceroni HOLMAN, 1965

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ceron's Glass Lizard
S: Lagartija de Cristal Cerón 
SynonymOphisaurus ceroni HOLMAN 1965
Ophisaurus ceroni — LINER 1994
Ophisaurus ceroni — LINER 2007 
DistributionSE Mexico (Veracruz)

Type locality: Mexico: Veracruz, Veracruz.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 64463; J. A. and D. R. Holman; August 11, 1964 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: An Ophisaurus differing from other New World members of the genus by the following combination of characters: frontonasal divided; scales along lateral fold 101; four indistinct white, vertical bars on each side of neck; white spots on dorsum absent; distinct, dark mid-dorsal stripe present; no dark pigmentation below lateral fold (Holman 1965). 
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References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Holman, J. A. 1965. A new glass lizard from Veracruz, Mexico. Quarterly J. Florida Acad. Sci. 27: 311 - get paper here
  • Holman, J. A. 1966. A second specimen of Ophisaurus ceroni. Quarterly J. Florida Acad. Sci. 29 (1): 43-46 - get paper here
  • Holman, J. Alan 1971. Ophisaurus ceroni. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (112): 1 - 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
  • TORRE-LORANCA, M. DE LA; A., R. G. MARTINEZ-FUENTES, L. CANSECO-MARQUEZ, AND U. O. GARCIA-VAZQUEZ 2020. New Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico. Herpetological Review 51: 550-553.
  • 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
 
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