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Dopasia

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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.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dopasia.

Fossil record

Fossils of the genus Dopasia are known from the Oligocene of Belgium and France, the Miocene of Morocco, and the Pliocene of the Balearic Islands.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Genus Dopasia at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Dopasia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ BOVER, Pere; ROFES, Juan; BAILON, Salvador; AGUSTÍ, Jordi; CUENCA-BESCÓS, Gloria; TORRES, Enric; ALCOVER, Josep Antoni (March 2014). "Late Miocene/Early Pliocene vertebrate fauna from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): an update". Integrative Zoology. 9 (2): 183–196. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12049. hdl:10261/113378. ISSN 1749-4877. PMID 24673762.
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Dopasia: Brief Summary

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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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