Hart's glass lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Dopasia
Species:
D. harti
Binomial name
Dopasia harti
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ophisaurus harti
    Boulenger, 1899
  • Ophisaurus formosensis
    Kishida, 1930

Dopasia harti, also known commonly as the Chinese glass lizard and Hart's glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.[2] The species is native to southeastern Asia.

Etymology

The speciic name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China.[3]

Geographic range

D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. harti is forest, at altitudes of 400–2,600 m (1,300–8,500 ft), but it has also been found in farmland.[1]

Description

D. harti is limbless.[2]

Behavior

D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

D. harti is oviparous.[1][2] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Rao, D.-Q. (2021). "Dopasia harti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T99942213A99942301. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Dopasia harti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophisaurus harti, p. 117).

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).


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