Dopasia
Genus of lizards
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Dopasia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus contains seven species, which are native to Asia. They are most closely related to the North American Ophisaurus, and are sometimes considered part of that genus.
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| Dopasia Temporal range: | |
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| Dopasia gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Anguinae |
| Genus: | Dopasia Gray, 1853 |
| Species | |
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Seven, see text | |
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Dopasia buettikoferi (Lidth De Jeude, 1905) – Buettikofer's glass lizard
- Dopasia gracilis (Gray, 1845) – Burmese glass lizard, Asian glass lizard, Indian glass snake
- Dopasia hainanensis (Yang, 1984) – Hainan glass lizard
- Dopasia harti (Boulenger, 1899) – Hart's glass lizard
- Dopasia ludovici (Mocquard, 1905) – Ludovic's glass lizard
- Dopasia sokolovi (Darevsky & Nguyen, 1983) – Sokolov's glass lizard
- Dopasia wegneri (Mertens, 1959) – Wegner's glass lizard
The Taiwanese Dopasia formosensis was synonymised with D. harti in 2003, but may represent a valid species in its own right.[2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dopasia.
