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Ophisaurus ventralis (Eastern Glass Lizard)

Synonyms: Anguis ventralis; Opheosaurus ventralis; Ophisaurus punctatus; Ophisaurus striatulus; Ophisaurus ventralis var. a-e

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Adult Weight [1]  24 grams
Female Weight [1]  15 grams
Gestation [1]  53 days
Litter Size [1]  8
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  15 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  10 inches (26 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Cryptic, Fossorial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercoides variabilis <Unverified Name>[4]

Range Map

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0