Summary ⁶

Ophisaurus ventralis, the eastern glass lizard, is a legless lizard species found in the Southeastern United States.

Range description ⁷

This lizard is endemic to the southeastern United Statesa. Its range includes the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States from southeastern Virginia to southern Florida, and west to eastern Louisiana (Conant and Collins 1991). The species was once reported from Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, where it is introduced and possibly established (Schwartz and Henderson 1991).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) tom spinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42389547@N00/4563771601
2. (c) Jason Sharp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7370523966_acc3154a43_o.jpg
3. (c) Laurie Vitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/laurie_vitt/Oventralis/medium.jpg
4. (c) cuskelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cuskelly
5. (c) Rob Van Epps, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rob Van Epps
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophisaurus_ventralis
7. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31173710

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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