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Ophisops leschenaultii (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesOphisops leschenaultii lankae DERANIYAGALA 1953
Ophisops leschenaultii leschenaultii (MILNE-EDWARDS 1829) 
Common NamesE: Leschenault’s Snake-eyed Lizard, Leschenault’s Lacerta
G: Leschenaults Schlangenaugen-Eidechse 
SynonymLacerta leschenaultii MILNE-EDWARDS 1829: 80, 86
Calosaura Leschenaultii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 262
Cabrita brunnea GRAY 1838: 282 (fide SMITH 1935)
Calosaura Leschenaultii — JERDON 1853: 476
Cabrita leschenaultii — BLANFORD 1870
Cabrita leschenaultii — BOULENGER 1887: 70
Cabrita leschenaulti — SMITH 1935: 374
Cabrita leschenaulti — DANIELS 1994
Ophisops leschenaultii — DAS 1996: 49
Ophisops leschenaultii — MURTHY 2010

Ophisops leschenaultii lankae DERANIYAGALA 1953
Cabrita leschenaultii lankae — DERANIYAGALA 1971
Ophisops leschenaultii lankae — KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011 
DistributionIndia (Bihar, Orissa = Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Western Ghats [Nilgiri], Kerala, Eastern Ghats [Chitteri Hills], Tamil Nadu), E Sri Lanka  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2753
Holotype: NMSL (probably); Paratype: NMSL [lankae] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Claude-Théodore Leschenault (1773-1826). 
References
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