Ophisaurus mimicus PALMER, 1987

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mimic Glass Lizard
Synonym	Ophisaurus mimicus PALMER 1987: 416 Ophisaurus mimicus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 140 Ophisaurus mimicus — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Ophisaurus mimicus — GUYER et al. 2018 Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus — MCCONKEY 1954 (part) Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus — MOUNT 1975:154 (part)
Distribution	USA (Florida, Alabama, coastal North Carolina to Georgia, S Mississippi) Type locality: North Carolina: Bladen: on State Rte 41, 6.4 km (airline) ENE White Lake (town).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 129233, male; paratypes: UF, AUM, SSM, NCSM
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. A small species of Ophisaurus (largest specimen examined, 181 mm SVL) differing from other members of the genus in the United States by the following combination of characters (Fig. 1): low number of scales in longitudinal rows on body (86-94 above lateral fold, 100-108 in middorsal row); three or four dark stripes or spots above lateral fold separated by pale stripes through scale centers (stripes on body usually most prominent posteriorly); one or more supralabials usually entering orbit or separated only by small suboculars; usually two frontonasals, often with anterior scale variously fused with postinternasals; caudal vertebrae with fracture planes. (Palmer 1987) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 7939 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Latin mimicus (to mimic), indicating the resemblance to O. attenuatus and O. compressus.
References	Collins, J.T. and T. W. Taggart 2009. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Sixth Edition. Center for North American Herpetology, 48 pp. Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p. Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92 Gibbons, Whit; Judy Greene, and Tony Mills 2009. LIZARDS AND CROCODILIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST. University of Georgia Press, 240 pp. Guyer, Craig; Mark A. Bailey, and Robert H. Mount 2018. Lizards and snakes of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, 397 pp. - get paper here Jensen, John B.; Carlos D. Camp, Whit Gibbons, & Matt J. Elliott 2008. Amphibians and reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, 575 pp. Palmer W M 1987. A new species of glass lizard (Anguidae: Ophisaurus) from the southeastern United States. Herpetologica 43 (4) 1987: 415-423 - get paper here Palmer W M 1992. Ophiosaurus mimicus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 543: 1-2 - get paper here Palmer, W.M. & Braswell, A.L. 1995. Reptiles of North Carolina. Univ. North Carolina Press Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/~GAWildlife/Reptiles/reptsp.html Google images

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