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Ophisaurus
Daudin, 1803:
Ophisaurus F.-M. Daudin. 1803. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philomath
ser. 2 3: 188. (type species: Anguis
ventralis Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.)
Ophisaurus H. Wermuth. 1969. Das Tierreich (90): 29.
Derivation:
Latin for snake-lizard, in allusion to its lack of limbs.
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