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Hart's glass lizard

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Hart's glass lizard
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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 south-eastern Asia.

Etymology

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

Distribution

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

Habitat

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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

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D. harti is limbless.[2]

Behavior

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D. harti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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).

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