Ophiodes

Ophiodes is a genus of South American legless lizards in the family Diploglossidae.<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref>

Species

Ophiodes contains six species.<ref name=RDB/>

• Ophiodes enso Template:Small
• Ophiodes fragilis Template:Small – fragile worm lizard
• Ophiodes intermedius Template:Small
• Ophiodes luciae Template:Small – Lucy’s worm lizard
• Ophiodes striatus Template:Small – striped worm lizard
• Ophiodes vertebralis Template:Small – jointed worm lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ophiodes.

Further reading

• Wagler [JG] (1828). "Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum ". Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. (Ophiodes, new genus, p. 740). (in German).

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