Ophisaurus mimicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Ophisaurus
Species:

Ophisaurus mimicus Palmer, 1987: 416

Holotype: AMNH 129233, adult ♂, collected by William M. Palmer and Robert D. Clark on 28 May 1970.
Type locality: “on State Rt. 41, 6.4 airline km ENE of White Lake (town), Bladen County, North Carolina”.

Palmer, W.M. 1987. A new species of glass lizard (Anguidae: Ophisaurus) from the southeastern United States. Herpetologica 43(4): 415–423. DOI: 10.2307/3892144; JSTOR

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ophisaurus mimicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Ophisaurus mimicus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63720A12709987. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63720A12709987.en