Ophisaurus compressus COPE, 1900

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Higher Taxa	Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Island Glass Lizard
Synonym	Ophisaurus ventralis compressus COPE 1900: 501 Ophisaurus compressus — MCCONKEY 1954: 143 Ophisaurus compressus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 140 Ophisaurus compressus — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009
Distribution	USA (SE South Carolina, SE Georgia, Florida) Type locality: South Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 21359, male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: An Ophisaurus differing from other North American members of the genus in that one or more upper labials of each side are not separated from the orbit by lorilabials, and in that thd scales along the lateral fold number 97 or less [McConkey 1954: 143]
Comment
References	Camper, Jeffrey D. 2019. The Reptiles of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, 288 pp. [review in Copeia 107 (3): 590, 2019] - get paper here 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. Cope, E.D. 1900. The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Ann. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. 1898: 153-1270 - get paper here 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 Enge, Kevin M. 1994. Ophisaurus compressus (Island glass lizard). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 25 (4): 165 - get paper here Gibbons, Whit; Judy Greene, and Tony Mills 2009. LIZARDS AND CROCODILIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST. University of Georgia Press, 240 pp. Holman, J. Alan 1971. Ophisaurus compressus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (113): 1-2 - 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. Langner, Ch. 2019. Ich komme Dir auf die Schliche! Verkanntes Schleichenvolk – die interessanten Echsen der Familie Anguidae. Reptilia (Münster) 24 (136): 16-27 - get paper here McConkey, Edwin H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51 (1): 133-171 - get paper here 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 Shoop, C. Robert;Ruckdeschel, C. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Ophisaurus compressus. Herpetological Review 28 (3): 157 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/~GAWildlife/Reptiles/reptsp.html http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/kopenhagen-neue-seeschlangenart… http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=7&shapeID… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/305794971645108 Google images

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