Hart's glass lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Dopasia |
| Species: | D. harti
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| Dopasia harti (Boulenger, 1899)
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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 south-eastern Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, harti, is in honor of Robert Hart, who was a British customs official in China.[3]
Distribution
[edit]D. harti is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]D. harti is limbless.[2]
Behavior
[edit]D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Rao, D.-Q. (2021). "Dopasia harti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T99942213A99942301. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Dopasia harti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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). doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x
- 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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