Dopasia Explained

Dopasia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus contains seven species, which are native to Asia. They are most closely related to the North American Ophisaurus, and are sometimes considered part of that genus.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Dopasia buettikoferi – Buettikofer's glass lizard
• Dopasia gracilis – Burmese glass lizard, Asian glass lizard, Indian glass snake
• Dopasia hainanensis – Hainan glass lizard
• Dopasia harti – Hart's glass lizard
• Dopasia ludovici – Ludovic's glass lizard
• Dopasia sokolovi – Sokolov's glass lizard
• Dopasia wegneri – Wegner's glass lizard

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dopasia.

Fossil record

Fossils of the genus Dopasia are known from the Oligocene of Belgium and France, the Miocene of Morocco, and the Pliocene of the Balearic Islands.^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Gray JE (1853). "Descriptions of some undescribed species of Reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 12: 386–392. (Dopasia, new genus, p. 389).

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.
2. Web site: Fossilworks: Dopasia. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
3. BOVER. Pere. ROFES. Juan. BAILON. Salvador. species:Salvador Bailón . AGUSTÍ. Jordi. CUENCA-BESCÓS. Gloria. species:Gloria Cuenca-Bescos . TORRES. Enric. species:Enric Torres-Roig . ALCOVER. Josep Antoni. species:Josep Antoni Alcover . March 2014. Late Miocene/Early Pliocene vertebrate fauna from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): an update. Integrative Zoology. 9. 2. 183–196. 10.1111/1749-4877.12049. 24673762. 1749-4877. 10261/113378. free.