Ophisaurus compressus
Cope, 1900
oh-fee-SOUR-us — kom-PRESS-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Coastal Glass Snake (Ophisaurus compressus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1900
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Cope, Edward D. The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Pages 153-1270 in Report of the U. S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1898 , Washington, D. C. pp.
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1951
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McConkey, Edwin H. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. Thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville. 107pp.
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1954
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McConkey, Edwin H. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51(1):133-171
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1971
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Holman, J. Alan. Ophisaurus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (110):1-3
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1971
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Holman, J. Alan. Ophisaurus compressus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (113):1-2
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2016
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Lavin, Brian R. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating in the Glass Lizards (Anguinae). Thesis. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. 70pp.
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2019
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Lavin, Brian R. and Derek J. Girman. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating in the Glass Lizards
(Anguinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133:128-140
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