Hart's glass lizard explained

Dopasia harti, also known commonly as the Chinese glass lizard and Hart's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to south-eastern Asia.

Etymology

The speciic name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China.^[1]

Distribution

D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. harti is forest, at altitudes of, but it has also been found in farmland.

Description

D. harti is limbless.

Behavior

D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

D. harti is oviparous. From June to September, the female of the species may lay a clutch of 4–13 eggs under leaf litter or rocks, and then stay with the eggs to guard them.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1899). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N. W. Fokien, China". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 159–172 + Plates XVI–XIX. (Ophisaurus harti, new species, p. 160–161, Figure 1 + Plate XVI).
• Conrad, Jack L.

Ast, Jennifer C.; Montanari, Shaena; Norell, Mark A. (2011). "A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata)". Cladistics 27 (3): 230–277. (Dopasia harti, new combination).

• Kishida K (1930). "Notes on a Formosan Lizard of the Family Anguidae". Lansania, Tokyo 2 (18): 124–128. (Ophisaurus formosensis, new species).
• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + plate I + 2 maps. (Ophisaurus harti, pp. 394–395).
• Stejneger L (1919). "The 'Glass-Snake' of Formosa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32: 142. (Ophisaurus harti).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]